View source for Wismar 1743-CF 3 pfening

[[Image:SB225-11389o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11389]]
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This specimen was lot 11389 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Sweden|SWEDEN]]. 3 Pfennig, 1743 - CF. [[German States, Wismar|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'': 2 g, copper, 22.5 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference'': KM 125. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': 
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.

''Link to:''
* [[Wismar 1733-CAF 3 pfening|1733-CAF 3 pfening]]
* [[Wismar 1746-F 3 pfening|1746-F 3 pfening]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1743]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]] [[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]]