Saxony (14)92 1/2 groschen KM-MB21

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CNG Triton XXIX, lot 6530

This specimen was lot 6530 in CNG Triton XXIX (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $134.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY, Sachsen (Duchy & Electorate). Friedrich III der Weise (the Wise), with Johann and Albrecht. 1486-1525. AR Halb Schwertgroschen. Zwickau or Schneeberg mint; mm: trefoil. Dated 1492. Coat-of-arms with polylobe / Coat-of-arms with polylobe. Mottled iridescent toning, deposits. VF. From the Robert Levinson Collection." This style, with the date on reverse, was struck 1492 and undated with a trefoil mintmark. We summarize the catalog listings for this denomination as follows:

  • KM MB1: Freiberg mint, dated (14)82.
  • KM MB9: Schneeberg mint, trefoil mintmark, dated (14)82, (14)88, (14)94, (14)95.
  • KM MB10: Schneeberg mint, trefoil mintmark, ND, struck 1488-90.
  • KM MB14: Zwickau mint, dated (14)90 or (14)91.
  • KM MB15: Zwickau mint, mule of MB14 and Saxe-Wittenberg KM MB150.
  • KM MB16: Zwickau mint, dated (14)90.
  • KM MB17: Freiberg mint, rosette mintmark, dated (14)90, (14)92, (14)95, (14)98 and ND.
  • KM MB18: Freiberg mint, rosette mintmark, dated (14)90 or (14)99. A mule of MB17 and MB9.
  • KM MB20: Freiberg mint, rosette mintmark, dated (14)92 or (14)95. A mule of MB17 and MB9.
  • KM MB21: Zwickau and Schneeberg mints, ND, struck 1490-93, some known dated (14)92.
  • KM MB30: Schneeberg mint, trefoil mintmark, dated (14)85.
  • KM MB38: Schneeberg mint, star mintmark, ND, struck 1497-99.
  • KM MB121: Leipzig mint, cross/crescent mintmark, ND, struck 1518-19.
  • KM MB161: Zwickau mint, "X" mintmark, ND, struck 1530-33.

Except for MB121 and KM161, all were struck in the name of Frederick III, John I and Albert III.

Recorded mintage: 777,058 (all varieties).

Specification: 0.262 fine silver; this specimen 25 mm diameter, 1.97 g, 7 h axis.

Catalog reference: KM MB21, Kruge 1727; Levinson I-293.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • Levinson, Robert, The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500: An Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to dated medieval coinage. Clifton, NJ: Coin & Currency Institute, 2007.
  • [1]Gasvoda, Michael, Victor England, Eric McFadden, Dave Michaels, Bill Dalzell and Lance Hickman, Triton XXIX, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC, 2025.

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