Trier 1682-AL 4 pfennig
This specimen was lot 45900 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $49. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Trier. 4 Pfennig, 1682. Johann Hugo von Orsbeck. ANACS VF-30 Details--Corroded." This coin, worth 1/96 of a thaler or half an albus, was struck 1682-89 and has a modest catalog value. The archbishopric of Trier was an ecclesiastical state on the Moselle, upriver of Coblenz. Once an important trade center, the reason the archbishopric was sited there, the city was badly damaged during the Thirty Years War and never recovered. Most of its coinage is rare but the four pfennig or half albus was struck throughout the century and is fairly common. Trier was seized by France in 1794 and fell to Prussia at the Congress of Vienna.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.70 g, silver, 17 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-154.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.
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