Nurnberg 1770 pfennig KM-318
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This specimen was lot 75054 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Nurnberg. Pfennig, 1770. Nurnberg Mint. Free City. PCGS MS-66." The city of Nurnberg struck billon pennies throughout the eighteenth century in various styles. This type was struck 1756-59, 1767-80 along with a uniface version (KM 315). After the introduction of the convention thaler in the mid eighteenth century, one thaler was 120 kreuzer or 480 pfennig. "₰" is the old symbol for pfennig.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon.
Catalog reference: KM-318.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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