Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1752 kreuzer KM-209
Revision as of 07:53, 25 May 2021 by LatinKing2020 (talk | contribs) (Text replacement - "Stack's Bowers LLC," to "[http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC],")
This specimen was lot 22625 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $456. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Kreuzer, 1752. Friedrich I. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. A solidly struck copper coin with perfect design detail, and fields almost completely free of handling marks. The notable hole on the lower reverse is a defect in the original planchet." This is a scarce one year type struck in copper. The margrave also struck KM 192 in billon, which is common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-209.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
Link to: