Pfalz-Neuburg 1511 2 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 22640 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $70. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Pfalz-Neuburg. 2 Kreuzer (1/2 Batzen), 1511. Otto Heinrich. PCGS EF-45 Gold Shield. A nice moderately worn and wholesome example of the type with luster in the protected and mottled patina. According the Standard Catalog of World Coins this date is reported, but unconfirmed. This would suggest a rather limited quantity and poor survival rate and as such should be considered quite SCARCE." Pfalz-Neuburg was a splinter of the Palatinate on the upper Danube, now part of Bavaria. Otto Henry and his brother Philip were the first counts palatine of the new erection.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon.
Catalog reference: KM-MB-14; Schulten-2758.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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