Regensburg 1586 10 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3076 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,986 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS RUDOLF II., 1576-1612. Prägungen anläßlich des Regensburger Stahlschützenfestes von 1586. 1/6 Guldentaler (10 Kreuzer) 1586. Schützenpreis beim Stahlschützenfest. Münzmeister Jakob Fischer. Mit IAR in der Rückseitenschrift. RR Hübsche Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (city of Regensburg, coins made on the occasion of the Regensburg Steel Shooting Festival in 1586. One-sixth gulden or ten kreuzer of 1586, prize for the shooting festival. Very rare, handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This commemorative was accompanied by a sixty kreuzer (KM MB190) and a thirty kreuzer (KM MB188).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.10 g, 0.931 fine silver, 27-28 mm diameter, this specimen 4,07 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB186, Beckenbauer 4303 b; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4556.
- 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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