Anhalt (1620-21) 12 kreuzer

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Künker Auction 425, lot 2009

This specimen was lot 2009 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €260 (about US$368 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · ANHALT, FÜRSTENTUM Christian I., August, Rudolf, Ludwig und Johann Casimir, 1618-1621. Kipper-12 Kreuzer o. J., Köthen, mit Titel Ferdinands II. RR Kl. Zainende, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 294, Frankfurt/Main 1978, Nr. 1099. (Germany, principality of Anhalt, joint issue of Christian I, August, Rudolf, Louis, John Casimir, 1618-21, undated kipper 12 kreuzer, Köthen mint, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. Very rare, lightly clipped, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This kipper twelve kreuzer was theoretically worth one-third thaler, this coin is too light and is probably debased as well, being an inflationary issue (1619-20) of the Thirty Years War. Once the kipper period was over, there was a concerted effort to recall and melt down the debased issues, accounting for their rarity today.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 1,81 g.

Catalog reference: KM 42, Mann 146 e.

Sources:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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