Breslau 1680-LPH 15 kreuzer

from Steve Album sale 45, lot 2654

This specimen was lot 2654 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRESLAU: Friedrich, 1671-1682, AR 15 kreuzer, 1680, faint obverse scratches, wonderful full strike, lightly toned, two-year (three-variety) type, EF to About Unc, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This type was struck by the bishop 1679-80. The bishopric of Breslau was an ecclesiastical state in Silesia and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client from 1526 until its conquest by Frederick the Great in 1741. Breslau issued a long series of ducats and multiple ducats, all rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.66 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM 156.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

Link to:

• 1680-LPH kreuzer
• 1680 6 kreuzer
• 1680-LPH ducat
• 1682-SHS 1/6 ducat
• bishop of Breslau 1694-LPH 15 kreuzer
• Coins and currency dated 1680