Regensburg 1764 pfenning

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75045
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This specimen was lot 75045 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Regensburg. Pfennig, 1764. Regensburg Mint. NGC MS-65." One thaler was 480 pfenning (the modern spelling was not adopted until the 19th century). This type was struck 1747-66 and has a modest catalog value.

Recorded mintage: 72,000.

Specification: 0.3 g, billon, 13 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-349.

Sources:

  • 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, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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