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Latest revision as of 10:39, 9 September 2025

Künker sale 424, lot 552

This specimen was lot 552 in Künker Auction 424 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$9,204 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · MÜNSTER, DOMKAPITEL Goldabschlag von den Stempeln des Ku.-Pfennigs 1790. MÜNSTER : / DOM / CAPITUL//I / PFENNING / 1790. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Kl. Bearbeitungsstelle am Rand (Henkelspur), vorzüglich. (Germany, bishopric of Münster, cathedral chapter, pfennig of 1790, struck in gold. Obverse: inscription; reverse: value and date. Extremely rare, a little tooling on the edge, extremely fine.)"

In addition to the one pfenning shown here (KM 450), the canons also struck a two pfenning (KM 451), a four pfenning (KM 446) and a six pfenning (KM 447) in 1790. The SCWC does not mention the gold off-metal strike. Numista shows an off-metal strike in silver (N#267220).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.7 g, copper, 21.5 mm diameter; this specimen gold, 2,99 g.

Catalog reference: KM 450, Weing. zu 71; Weinrich 75 Anm.

Source:

  • 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 424: Münster, Osnabrück, and the Peace of Westphalia | The Fuggers, Leuchtenberg, and Passau | The Collection of a German Manufacturer and History Enthusiast, Part 3, e.g., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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