Regensburg 1553 3 kreuzer KM-MB72

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Künker sale 405, lot 3042

This specimen was lot 3042 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €55 (about US$72 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS KARL V., 1520-1556. Prägungen aus der dritten Regensburger Münzperiode von 1551 bis 1559 nach der 2. (Augs­burger) Reichsmünzordnung vom 28. Juli 1551. 3 Kreuzer 1553, mit Titel Karls V. Münzmeister Martin Walch. Sehr schön. (city of Regensburg, three kreuzer of 1553 struck in the name of Charles V. Very fine.)"

This type was struck 1553-56 and seems to have displaced the earlier batzen of four kreuzer. Three kreuzer was 1/20 gulden. Other groschen (KM MB62) were struck for the bishop of Regensburg.

Recorded mintage: 120,428.

Specification: 2.04-2.59 g, 0.455 fine silver, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 2,49 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB72, Beckenbauer 3303; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4539.

Source:

  • 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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