Constance 1633 6 batzen
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This specimen was lot 3087 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "CONSTANCE (CITY): AR dicken, 1633, dicken or 24 kreuzer, under the title of Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor, VF, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." Constance, on the northern shore of the lake of the same name, was a bishopric until the Reformation, when the bishop and the city parted ways. The SCWC lists this type of 1626-33 as a six batzen. It was roughly one-third of a thaler. The city of Constance was in the Empire but was very much under the influence of Swiss coinage.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.80 g, silver, this specimen 8.02 g.
Catalog reference: KM-136.
- 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
- Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
Links to:
- Constance 1630 6 batzen = 24 kreuzer = dicken
- Constance 1636 15 kreuzer
- Coins and currency dated 1633