Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1870-A 3 pfennige
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This specimen was lot 55815 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $60. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. 3 Pfennig, 1870-A. Arnstadt Mint. Gunther Friedrich Karl II. ANACS PROOF-61 Brown. From the Augustana Collection." This tiny state, one of the Saxon duchies, produced coinage only intermittently. This groschen was struck 1846, 1858 and 1870 and is fairly common. It accompanied a groschen (KM 145) and a thaler (KM 148). The line fell extinct in 1909.
Recorded mintage: 120,000, a scarcest date.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-143.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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