Nurnberg 1575 60 kreuzer

Sincona sale 69, lot 203

This specimen was lot 203 in Sincona sale 69 (Zürich, May 2021), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$597 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHLAND | Nurnberg, City. Reichsguldiner 1575. Mit Titel Maximilians II. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Hübsche Patina. (Germany, city of Nuremberg, guldiner of 1575, struck in the name of Maximilian II, Very fine-extremely fine, Attractively toned.)"

This type was struck 1565-76 and is fairly common. It is an early gulden, which was always fixed at sixty kreuzer. The gulden was originally equal to a thaler, then five-sixths of a thaler, then defined as two-thirds of a thaler in the seventeenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 24.59 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB66, Kellner 142. Dav-82.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Cuhaj, George S., Thomas Michael and Douglas Nicol, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• ^[1]Jürg Richter, Auction 69, World Coins and Medals, Bullion Auction and Chinese Banknotes, Part 1, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2021.

Link to:

• Nurnberg 1574 60 kreuzer
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