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This specimen was lot 3306 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,443 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS JOSEF II., 1765-1790. Kurant- und Scheidemünzen aus der Zeit des Kaisers Josef II. 20 Kreuzer 1774, mit Titel Josefs II. Münzmeister Georg Christoph Busch. Stempelschneider vermutlich Christoph Daniel Oexlein. Mit geteilter Jahreszahl neben dem Rokokopodest. Etwas fleckige Patina, winz. Kratzer im Feld der Vorderseite, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[German States, Regensburg|city of Regensburg]], twenty kreuzer of 1774, struck in the name of Joseph II, with the date divided by the pedestal. Spotty toning, some hairlines, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This denomination was struck in 1774 with several variations: KM 417, KM 418 (without branches around eagle), KM 419 (date at bottom), KM 420 (with branches around eagle). The only one with initials GCB is KM 418, shown here.
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This specimen was lot 3306 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,443 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS JOSEF II., 1765-1790. Kurant- und Scheidemünzen aus der Zeit des Kaisers Josef II. 20 Kreuzer 1774, mit Titel Josefs II. Münzmeister Georg Christoph Busch. Stempelschneider vermutlich Christoph Daniel Oexlein. Mit geteilter Jahreszahl neben dem Rokokopodest. Etwas fleckige Patina, winz. Kratzer im Feld der Vorderseite, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[German States, Regensburg|city of Regensburg]], twenty kreuzer of 1774, struck in the name of Joseph II, with the date divided by the pedestal. Spotty toning, some hairlines, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This denomination was struck in 1774 with several variations: KM 417, KM 418 (without branches around eagle), KM 419 (date at bottom), KM 420 (with branches around eagle). The only one with initials GCB is KM 418, shown here.
  
 
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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Latest revision as of 20:59, 1 December 2024

Künker sale 405, lot 3306

This specimen was lot 3306 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,443 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS JOSEF II., 1765-1790. Kurant- und Scheidemünzen aus der Zeit des Kaisers Josef II. 20 Kreuzer 1774, mit Titel Josefs II. Münzmeister Georg Christoph Busch. Stempelschneider vermutlich Christoph Daniel Oexlein. Mit geteilter Jahreszahl neben dem Rokokopodest. Etwas fleckige Patina, winz. Kratzer im Feld der Vorderseite, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (city of Regensburg, twenty kreuzer of 1774, struck in the name of Joseph II, with the date divided by the pedestal. Spotty toning, some hairlines, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This denomination was struck in 1774 with several variations: KM 417, KM 418 (without branches around eagle), KM 419 (date at bottom), KM 420 (with branches around eagle). The only one with initials GCB is KM 418, shown here.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 6,65 g.

Catalog reference: KM 418, Beckenbauer 7403; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4897.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 405: Coins of the Bishopric and City of Regensburg - A significant special collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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