Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1758-LCK 6 pfennig

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75099

This specimen was lot 75099 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. 6 Pfennig, 1758-LCK. Gotha Mint. Friedrich III. PCGS MS-65." With the introduction of the convention thaler in the mid eighteenth century, one mark was ten thalers and one thaler was 120 kreuzer or 288 pfennig. This type was struck 1752-60 and is common. Most have the initials "LCK".

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, 18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-288.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Links to:

• 1755-LCK 8 groschen
• 1757-K 6 pfennig
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1758-FS 6 pfennig
• 1759-LCK 1½ pfennig
• 1760-K pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1758