Regensburg 1533 batzen KM-MB45
This specimen was lot 3027 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €120 (about US$158 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS KARL V., 1520-1556. Prägungen aus der ersten Regensburger Münzperiode bis 1534 nach der bayerischen Münzordnung von 1506/1507. Batzen 1533. Münzmeister Hans Lutz. RR Sehr schön. (city of Regensburg, batzen of 1533, struck in the name of Charles V. Very rare, very fine.)"
The batzen, or four kreuzer, was a denomination better known in Switzerland. Fifteen batzen made a thaler or gulden. This type was struck 1533 only. Other batzen (KM MB47) were struck for the bishop of Regensburg.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.54 g, 0.437 fine silver, this specimen 3,32 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB45, Beckenbauer 1213; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) -.
- 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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