Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1214. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen. Ernst, Albrecht, and Wilhelm III. 1465-1482. AR Spitzgroschen (1.41 g, 8h). Leipzig mint; mintmark, star. Dated 1475. Coat of arms of Saxony / Coat of arms of Landsberger within trefoil. Krug 1504-17; Levinson I-148; Frey -. VF, toned.

From the Robert A. Levinson Collection.

Duke Wilhelm III of Thuringia, who produced this coinage with Dukes Ernst and Albrecht of Saxony, died in 1482, and his territory came under the control of his co-rulers. This spitzgroschen of fine silver was much smaller than the billon half spitzgroschen.