Transylvania 1611 groschen

Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 24630

This specimen was lot 24630 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $132. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TRANSYLVANIA. Groschen, 1611-NB. Nagybanya Mint. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details Gold Shield. A well struck coin on a somewhat crude planchet with light metallic toning throughout." This type is listed for 1610-13 and is affordable compared to the thalers and ducats. Some of these bear the "NB" mintmark as this one does.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, 1.4-2.2 g.

Catalog reference: KM-72.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• Transylvania 1611-CI BI 3 groschen
• 1611-CIBIN thaler, uniface
• 1611-CIBIN thaler, uniface
• 1611 siege thaler
• 1611 ducat
• 1611 ducat, Gabriel Bathori
• 1611-CIBIN 10 ducats, Gabriel Bathory
• Coins and currency dated 1611