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This specimen was lot 3399 in Sincona sale 83 (Zurich, May 2023), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$161 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "''OSTERREICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Pfennig 1758, Prag. Gutes sehr schön. Kleine Kratzer'' ([[Austria]], Maria Theresia, 1740-80, penny of 1758, Praguemint. Good very fine, Small scratches)." The pfennig was the smallest German denomination (four pfenning made a kreuzer and 120 kreuzer made a thaler) and was struck only intermittently in the Hapsburg dominions. The auctioneers file this under Austria but Maria Theresia struck none there during her reign. This issue of 1757-58 was made only in Prague for [[Bohemia]]. The Prague mint also struck two pfennig and ¼, ½, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 17, 20 and 30 kreuzer.
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This specimen was lot 3399 in Sincona sale 83 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$161 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "''OSTERREICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Pfennig 1758, Prag. Gutes sehr schön. Kleine Kratzer'' ([[Austria]], Maria Theresia, 1740-80, penny of 1758, Praguemint. Good very fine, Small scratches)." The pfennig was the smallest German denomination (four pfenning made a kreuzer and 120 kreuzer made a thaler) and was struck only intermittently in the Hapsburg dominions. The auctioneers file this under Austria but Maria Theresia struck none there during her reign. This issue of 1757-58 was made only in Prague for [[Bohemia]]. The Prague mint also struck two pfennig and ¼, ½, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 17, 20 and 30 kreuzer.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 11:20, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 83, lot 3399

This specimen was lot 3399 in Sincona sale 83 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$161 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "OSTERREICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Pfennig 1758, Prag. Gutes sehr schön. Kleine Kratzer (Austria, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, penny of 1758, Praguemint. Good very fine, Small scratches)." The pfennig was the smallest German denomination (four pfenning made a kreuzer and 120 kreuzer made a thaler) and was struck only intermittently in the Hapsburg dominions. The auctioneers file this under Austria but Maria Theresia struck none there during her reign. This issue of 1757-58 was made only in Prague for Bohemia. The Prague mint also struck two pfennig and ¼, ½, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 17, 20 and 30 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen 1.00 g.

Catalog reference: KM 780, Herinek 1711.

Source:

  • Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 83, World and Swiss Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2023.

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