Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1758-FS 6 pfennig
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This specimen was lot 22637 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. 6 Pfennig, 1758-FS. Eisenach Mint. Ernst August II Konstantine. NGC MS-63. A charmingly lustrous and choice example, offering a good deal of brilliance and some light golden highlights. Only one has been graded finer by NGC." This type was struck for the duke 1756-58 and is common. This denomination was struck in many different types in the eighteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.01-1.23 g, billon, 17.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 87.1; K-548.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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