Regensburg (15)90 pfennig
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This specimen was part of lot 3073 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), which sold for €180 (about US$236 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS RUDOLF II., 1576-1612. 1/84 Gulden (Pfennig) 1577, 1587, 1589, 1590, 1592, 1593, 1594, 1596. Münzmeister Jakob Fischer und Erhardt Scherl. 8 Stück. Zum Teil mit kl. Fehlern, meist sehr schön. (city of Regensburg, pennies of 1577-96, eight pieces. Some have defects, mostly very fine.)"
This type was struck 1587-99 and was worth 5/7 of a kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.85 g, 0.312 fine silver, 17-18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM MB192.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 405: Coins of the Bishopric and City of Regensburg - A significant special collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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