Regensburg 1562 10 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3048 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,181 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS FERDINAND I., 1558-1564. 1/6 Guldentaler (10 Kreuzer) 1562, mit Titel Ferdinands I. Münzmeister Martin Walsch. Von großer Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. Felder min. altgeglättet. (city of Regensburg, one-sixth guldenthaler or ten kreuzer of 1562, struck in the name of Ferdinand I. Extremely rare, very fine, fields smoothed.)"
This rare type was struck 1562 only. By the end of the century, the gulden (sixty kreuzer) would have slipped from one thaler to 5/6 thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.10 g, 0.931 fine silver, 27-28 mm diameter, this specimen 4,05 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB105, Beckenbauer 4301; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4541.
- 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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- 1554 pfennig = 1/84 gulden
- 1554 6 kreuzer
- 1563 2 kreuzer = ½ batzen
- Coins and currency dated 1562