Nurnberg 1791 pfennig

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 950

This specimen was lot 950 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $96. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NUREMBERG: Free Imperial City, AR pfennig, 1791, a superb mint state example! PCGS graded MS65." Nurnberg issued a prolific array of minor coinage in the eighteenth century, including pfennig, and one, four, five, eight, ten, twelve, twenty and thirty kreuzer. A kreuzer was four pfennig and 120 kreuzer made a thaler. This uniface style was struck 1789-93 and 1797. The date is divided by the value ("·1·₰·").

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: KM-377.

Source:

• 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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