Prussia 1868-C 3 pfenninge

Steve Album sale 55, lot 2838

This specimen was lot 2838 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PRUSSIA: Wilhelm I, 1861-1888, AE 3 pfennig, Cleve, 1868-C, some red, great eye appeal, NGC graded MS65 BN." This type was struck 1861-73 (two years after unification) at Berlin (A), Hannover (B) and Frankfurt (C) and all dates are common tho the SCWC does not mention any proofs. The coin was worth 1/120 of a vereinsthaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.46 g, copper, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-482.

Sources:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

Links:

• 1867-A 3 pfenninge
• 1868-C pfenning
• 1868-C half silbergroschen
• 1868-A silbergroschen
• 1868-B silbergroschen
• 1686-A thaler
• 1868-A half krone
• 1868-A krone
• 1869-B 3 pfenninge
• Coins and currency dated 1868