Regensburg 1573 pfennig
This specimen was lot 3058 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €35 (about US$46 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS MAXIMILIAN II., 1564-1576. 1/84 Gulden (Pfennig) 1573, 1574. Münzmeister Thomas Obermeier. 2 Stück. Sehr schön. (city of Regensburg, pennies of 1573 and 1574. Two pieces, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1551-54, 1560-64 and 1572-75 and was worth 5/7 of a kreuzer. Other pfennig (KM MB136) were struck for the bishop of Regensburg.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.85 g, 0.312 fine silver, 17-18 mm diameter, these specimens 0,83 g und 0,78 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB60, Beckenbauer 4512, 4513; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) - (2x).
- 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
- 1572 60 kreuzer = guldenthaler
- 1574 30 kreuzer = ½ guldenthaler
- 1574 60 kreuzer = guldenthaler
- (15)78 pfennig
- Coins and currency dated 1573