Prussia 1868-C pfenning
This specimen was lot 75074 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Prussia. Pfennig, 1868-C. Frankfurt Mint. Wilhelm I. PCGS MS-66 Brown." This type was struck 1861-73 at Berlin (mintmark A), Hannover (mintmark B) and Frankfurt (shown here). It is common in all grades altho the SCWC prices all the dates the same. One thaler was 360 pfenninge. In 1871, with the successful conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War, king Wilhelm assumed the title of Emperor of Germany. The currency was reformed to use pfennig and marks and the thaler was dropped, tho it remained legal tender at three mark.
Recorded mintage: 3,743,000.
Specification: 1.5 g, copper, 17.5 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM-480; J-50.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
Links to:
- 1849-A pfenning
- 1867-C 2 pfennig
- 1867-A 3 pfennig
- 1867-B half silbergroschen
- 1867-A silbergroschen
- 1867-A 2½ silbergroschen
- 1867-A 1/6 thaler
- 1867-A thaler
- 1867-B thaler
- 1867-C double thaler
- 1867-A ½ krone
- 1867-B krone
- 1868-C half silbergroschen
- 1868-A silbergroschen
- 1868-B silbergroschen
- 1868-A thaler
- 1868-A half krone
- 1868-A krone
- 1869-A half silbergroschen
- 1869-C silbergroschen
- 1872-A pfenning
- Coins and currency dated 1868