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1860 Pfennig

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 Posted 02/09/2011  8:32 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add alanp1983 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I have a 1860 pfennig and am having trouble finding the value of the coin.can anyone help me out?
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 Posted 02/09/2011  9:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add svslav to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hello, alanp, and welcome to CCF!

You have to give us more than a "pfennig". In 1860 German states had their own coinage, it wasn't a unified Empire yet. Not all states issued a pfennig in 1860, but I know of at least four. Picture would help in IDing it, and besides the value depends on the condition of a coin, so a pic would give us an idea of that too.
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 Posted 02/10/2011  9:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add alanp1983 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'll work on getting a picture up. The condition isn't very good, but you can still make out everything on the coin. The back of it is in great shape and the year and the B mint mark are really clear. It looks like it has a phoenix on the other side.

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...OPIC_ID=3239

this is what it looks like, but in worse shape. I thought a picture would help at least ID it. Thanks for all your help
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 Posted 02/10/2011  9:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pls to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That thread lists some values for this Austrian coin, alamp1983 - maybe you missed them?
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 Posted 02/10/2011  9:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add svslav to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
So it's not a pfennig then?
As it is pointed out in that old thread it is Austrian 1 kreuzer, mintmark B stands for Kremnitz (or Kremnica).
My catalog gives the same values as for the one with A mintmark (quoted in the other thread).
Since you state that the condition of the coin is not great, I'd say it's just a few cents worth. (But if you think about all the history behind it it's priceless! )

By the way, the "bird" is not a phoenix but rather a double-headed eagle.
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 Posted 02/13/2011  12:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add alanp1983 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
thanks. I plan on keeping it and just knowing it's age is worth having it.
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