Regensburg 1520 pfennig
This specimen was lot 3030 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €120 (about US$158 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS KARL V., 1520-1556. Prägungen aus der ersten Regensburger Münzperiode bis 1534 nach der bayerischen Münzordnung von 1506/1507. Pfennig 1520. Münzmeister vermutlich Martin Lerch. Sehr schön +. (city of Regensburg, pfennig of 1520, struck in the name of Charles V. Very fine or better.)"
This pfennig was struck 1508-11, 1515-16, 1520, 1524-36, 1540 and 1546-51 thru the reigns of emperors Maximilian and Charles V. It has a low catalog value.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.70 g, 0.437 fine silver, 15-16 mm diameter, this specimen 0,54 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB5, Beckenbauer 1406; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) -.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 405: Coins of the Bishopric and City of Regensburg - A significant special collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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