Regensburg 1551 pfennig
This specimen was lot 3040 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 zweiten Regensburger Münzperiode von 1535 bis 1551 nach der österreichisch-bayerischen Münzordnung vom 1. Februar 1535. Pfennig 1551. Münzmeister Martin Walch. Schwach ausgeprägt, sehr schön. (city of Regensburg, pfennig of 1551, struck in the name of Charles V. Weakly struck, very fine.)"
This pfennig was struck 1508-11, 1515-16, 1520, 1524-36, 1540 and 1546-51 thru the reigns of emperors Maximilian and Charles V. It has a low catalog value.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.70 g, 0.437 fine silver, 15-16 mm diameter, this specimen 0,67 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB5, Beckenbauer 2309; 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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