Pfalz-Simmern 1662-IGP 60 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 75066 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Pfalz-Simmern. 60 Kreuzer (Gulden), 1662. Ludwig Heinrich Moritz. PCGS Genuine--Tooled, EF Details. An VERY RARE issue with the initials IGP under the bust rather than the more frequently seen GP. The noted tooling can be detected in the fields on both sides, but makes a limited impact on the eye when viewed without magnification. From the Richard Margolis Collection." This type was struck 1662 only. The image in the SCWC only a drawing. The Pfalz-Simmern line were Calvinists, unlike the main branch of the Wittelsbachs, who were Catholic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-756; KM-11.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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