Regensburg 1776 pfenning

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71433

This specimen was lot 71433, in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $45. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Regensburg. Pfenning, 1776. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, Unc Details Gold Shield. A rather deeply toned example of this small and crude type, exhibiting some damage as noted but is otherwise a pleasing representation." This type is listed for 1767 and 1774-79.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: KM-408.

Source:

• 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 October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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