Regensburg 1696 pfennig KM-Pn18
This specimen was lot 3150 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,231 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS LEOPOLDS I. 1/5 Dukat 1696. Goldabschlag von dem Stempel des einseitigen Pfennigs. Münzmeister Michael Federer. Stempelschneider Johann Adam Seitz. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (city of Regensburg, one fifth ducat of 1696, struck using penny dies. Extremely rare, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
The SCWC notes that the dies of the 1694 uniface pfennig (KM 204) were used to make two off-metal strikes; one, of 1/8 ducat weight (KM Pn17), and this one, of 1/5 ducat weight.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen gold, 0,69 g.
Catalog reference: KM 204 (regular issue), KM Pn17 or Pn18 (gold), Beckenbauer 6833 Anm.; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) -.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [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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