Wismar 1733-CAF 3 pfening
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This specimen was lot 11381 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 3 Pfennige, 1733. Wismar Mint. Fredrik I. NGC VF Details--Environmental Damage. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1721-27, 1730-33, 1738-40, 1743-44 and is listed as inexpensive. The SCWC spells the denomination "pfennig", as Germans do today, but we are spelling it as it is shown on the coin, "pfening". Wismar was under Swedish rule 1648-1803.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.9 g, copper, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 2.25 g.
Catalog reference: KM-125; Delzanno-430; SB-82; Bruun-12813.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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