Regensburg (1740-45)-B 4 kreuzer

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Künker sale 405, lot 3227

This specimen was lot 3227 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €300 (about US$394 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES ÖSTERREICHISCHEN ERBFOLGEKRIEGES UND DES KAISERS KARL VII., 1740-1745. Kurant- und Scheidemünzen aus der Zeit des Kaisers Karl VII. Batzen (4 Kreuzer) o. J. (1740-1745), mit Titel Karls VII. Münzmeister Johann Christoph Busch. Stempelschneider vermutlich Johann Leonhard Oexlein. Prachtexemplar. Stempelglanz. (city of Regensburg, undated batzen or four kreuzer, circa 1740-45, struck in the name of Charles VII. Cabinet example, uncirculated.)"

The campaign of Karl VII of Bavaria represented the last serious attempt to take the increasingly worthless imperial crown away from the Hapsburgs. Two generations later, in 1806, Napoleon would abolish the Holy Roman Empire and nobody would lift a sword in its defense. Regensburg, completely surrounded by Bavarian territory, had little choice but to strike coinage in the pretender's name. This is the only batzen for Charles VII. The SCWC lists this as dated 1744 but their plate coin lacks a date, as does this example.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 2,40 g.

Catalog reference: KM 313, Beckenbauer 6401 (this example); Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4784.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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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