Nurnberg 1761-SNF 20 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 5351 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,422 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NÜRNBERG, STADT, 20 Kreuzer 1761, mit Titel von Franz I. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (city of Nuremberg, twenty kreuzer of 1761, struck in the name of Francis I. Scarce in this quality, about uncirculated.)"
This example of a one year type realized over nine times the catalog value. The last 20 kreuzer struck in Nurnberg is dated 1774. Twenty kreuzer made one-sixth of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.68 g, 0.583 fine silver, this specimen 6,64 g.
Catalog reference: KM 334, Kellner -; Slg. Erlanger 748.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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