Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1670-CB 3 pfennig
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This specimen was lot 963 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SILESIA-LIEGNITZ-BRIEG: Christian, 1663-1672, AR 3 pfennig, Brieg, 1670, mintmaster CB, AU." Silesia is considered a German State even tho the province was then under Austrian rule and is now in Poland. This type, listed for 1669-70 only, is not listed as expensive. The coinage ceased when the last of the local dukes died in 1675.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 0.69 g.
Catalog reference: KM-502.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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