View source for Munsterberg-Oels 1612 3 pfennig

[[Image:SB223-73318o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73318]]
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This specimen was lot 73318 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Munsterberg-Oels. 3 Pfennig, 1612. Ols Mint. Karl II. PCGS MS-64. A blast white near-Gem with sharp details and originality one would not expect from a coin over 400 years old." [[German States, Silesia|Silesia]] is considered a German State even tho the province was then under [[Austria]]n rule and is now in [[Poland]]. The coinage ceased when the last of the local dukes died in 1647. Munsterberg passed to Austria while Oels passed to a junior branch of the duke of Württemberg, who resumed coinage in 1674. This one year type has no price or photo in the SCWC. Three pfenning made a kreuzer.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-9. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Munsterberg-Oels 1611 thaler Dav-7089|1611 thaler]]
* [[Munsterberg-Oels 1615 3 kreuzer|1615 3 kreuzer]]
* [[Munsterberg-Oels 1620-BH thaler Dav-7096|1620 thaler]]
* [[Munsterberg-Oels 1620-BH thaler Dav-7097]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1612]]

[[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]]