Regensburg 1586 60 kreuzer KM-MB190
This specimen was lot 3074 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,837 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. Guldentaler (60 Kreuzer) 1586. Schützenpreis beim Stahlschützenfest. Münzmeister Jakob Fischer. Ohne Punkt nach IAR in der Rückseitenschrift. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich. (city of Regensburg, coins made on the occasion of the Regensburg Steel Shooting Festival in 1586. One gulden or sixty kreuzer of 1586, prize for the shooting festival. Handsome patina, extremely fine.)"
This commemorative was accompanied by a thirty kreuzer (KM MB188) and a ten kreuzer (KM MB186).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 24.62 g, 0.931 fine silver, 38-41 mm diameter, this specimen 24,56 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB190, Beckenbauer 4112; Dav-114; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4553 leicht var.
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- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- 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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