Soest 1742 3 pfennig
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This specimen was lot 3866 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €60 (about US$84 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SOEST, STADT, Ku.-3 Pfennig 1742. Sehr schön. Erworben im November 1995. (Germany, city of Soest, copper three pfennig of 1742, very fine.)"
Soest is a town, barely more than a village, in the county of Mark, with a extensive record of coinage, most likely for local use. No high denominations are recorded. This type is listed in the SCWC for 1737-49.
Recorded mintage: 448,000.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM 68, Krusy 150; Weing. 569 b; Olding 449.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 353: Die Sammlung Axel Tesmer, Teil 2: Prägungen der Könige von Preussen von der Kroning 1701 bis zum Ende der Monarchie. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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