Paderborn 1706 6 pfenning
This specimen was lot 71174 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Paderborn. 6 Pfenning, 1706. Franz Arnold, Wolff-Metternich zu Gracht. NGC MS-63 Brown. The single finest certified on the NGC population report. This boldly struck copper minor is vast[ly] superior to most other examples that come to market. Exhibiting a good strong strike with lovely light brown surfaces and areas of a blue iridescent sheen that pops out when tilted in the light and hints of original mint red amongst the devices offering a pleasing appearance. A fantastic representative of the type certain to catch the attention of quality conscious collectors looking for high grade type coins to add to their collection." The bishop of Paderborn was suffragan to the bishop of Münster (Franz Arnold was also bishop of Münster) but still managed to issue a few coins for his domain. The bishopric was annexed to Prussia in 1803, during Napoleon's reorganization of Germany. This type was struck 1706-16 with a frozen date in two varieties. The other, KM 173.1, has the arms of Paderborn and Pyrmont switched.
Recorded mintage: 504,000 (KM 173.1 plus KM 173.2).
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-173.2.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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