Regensburg 1738-IMF kreuzer

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75094

This specimen was lot 75094 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Regensburg. Kreuzer, 1738-IMF. Regensburg mint. Free City. PCGS MS-67." With the introduction of the convention thaler in the mid eighteenth century, one thaler was 120 kreuzer. This type was struck 1738 only but is fairly common in circulated condition.

Recorded mintage: 25,000 plus 32,000 of KM 292 (undated).

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: KM-291.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Links to:

• Regensburg (1744-52)-B kreuzer
• 1754-B kreuzer
• Coins and currency dated 1738