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| − | This specimen was lot 73318 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Munsterberg-Oels. 3 Pfennig, 1612. Ols Mint. Karl II. PCGS MS-64. A blast white near-Gem with sharp details and originality one would not expect from a coin over 400 years old." [[German States, Silesia|Silesia]] is considered a German State even tho the province was then under [[Austria]]n rule and is now in [[Poland]]. The coinage ceased when the last of the local dukes died in 1647. Munsterberg passed to Austria while Oels passed to a junior branch of the duke of | + | This specimen was lot 73318 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Munsterberg-Oels. 3 Pfennig, 1612. Ols Mint. Karl II. PCGS MS-64. A blast white near-Gem with sharp details and originality one would not expect from a coin over 400 years old." [[German States, Silesia|Silesia]] is considered a German State even tho the province was then under [[Austria]]n rule and is now in [[Poland]]. The coinage ceased when the last of the local dukes died in 1647. Munsterberg passed to Austria while Oels passed to a junior branch of the duke of Württemberg, who resumed coinage in 1674. This one year type has no price or photo in the SCWC. Three pfenning made a kreuzer. |
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Latest revision as of 07:29, 16 October 2024
This specimen was lot 73318 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Munsterberg-Oels. 3 Pfennig, 1612. Ols Mint. Karl II. PCGS MS-64. A blast white near-Gem with sharp details and originality one would not expect from a coin over 400 years old." Silesia is considered a German State even tho the province was then under Austrian rule and is now in Poland. The coinage ceased when the last of the local dukes died in 1647. Munsterberg passed to Austria while Oels passed to a junior branch of the duke of Württemberg, who resumed coinage in 1674. This one year type has no price or photo in the SCWC. Three pfenning made a kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-9.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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