Brandenburg-Ansbach 1625-R 4 kreuzer

Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72179

This specimen was lot 72179 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brandenburg-Ansbach. 4 Kreuzer, 1625/4-R. Joachim Ernst. PCGS MS-62. This beautiful and charming example delivers strong details and pleasing luster throughout." This type was struck for the margrave 1622-25. It is listed in the SCWC only with mintmaster F whereas mintmaster R is clearly shown here. Four kreuzer made a batzen, a denomination more familiar in Switzerland.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-24.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• Franconian Circle 1625-F 4 kreuzer
• 1625 thaler
• 1629 half thaler
• Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1630-F 4 kreuzer
• Coins and currency dated 1625