Regensburg 1747 pfenning
This specimen was part of lot 3262 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €500 (about US$656 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS FRANZ I., 1745-1765. Kurant- und Scheidemünzen aus der Zeit des Kaisers Franz I. vor der österreichisch-bayerischen Münzkonvention vom 21. September 1753. Lot. Serie von Pfennigen des Zeitraumes 1747-1797, zumeist in hübschen Qualitäten. 31 Stück. Zumeist vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Alle Stücke sind verschieden (keine Dubletten). (city of Regensburg, 31 piece lot of pennies from before the Austro-Bavarian monetary convention of September 1753, mostly nice, no duplication.)"
This type was struck in modest quantities 1747-66. There is also a uniface version (KM 299). Note the obsolete spelling, "PFENNING" on the reverse.
Recorded mintage: 32,000 plus 6,000 of KM 299.
Specification: silver or billon.
Catalog reference: KM 349, Beckenbauer 524; Fr-2546a; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4812.
- 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]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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