Eichstatt (1750-55)-MNL 5 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3872 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €480 (about US$628 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"EICHSTÄTT, BISTUM. Johann Anton II. von Freyberg, 1736-1757. 5 Kreuzer o. J. Nürnberg. R Vorzüglich. (Germany, bishopric of Eichstatt, Johann Anton II of Freyburg, 1736-57. Undated five kreuzer, Nuremberg mint. Scarce, extremely fine.)"
This undated five kreuzer is attributed to 1750-55 by the SCWC. This, KM 81 1763-FSN and KM 81 1765-SRN are all the five kreuzer issued by this state.
Ruling Authorities
- Johann Anton II of Freyberg, prince-bishop from 1736-1757.
Obverse
- Obverse description: Crowned arms in baroque frame with sword and crosier crossed behind with mintmark in frame below, dividing value in the middle as well as mint warden's initial and mint master's initial below.
- Obverse inscription: 5 K / M N L
- Obverse inscription unabridged: 5 Kreuzer / Mann Nürnberg Laufer
- Obverse inscription translated: 5 Kreuzer / Mann Nuremberg Laufer
Reverse
- Reverse description: Saint Willibald on throne holding crosier in his left hand and a book in his right.
- Reverse inscription: SANCTUS WILIBALD:
- Reverse inscription unabridged: SANCTUS WILIBALDus
- Reverse inscription translated: Saint Willibald
Edge
- Edge description: Plain.
Mintmarks
- N = Nuremberg
Mint Official Marks/Initials/Names
- M = Georg Michael Mann, mint warden at Nuremberg from 1746-1760.
- L = Carl Gotlieb Laufer, mint master at Nuremberg from 1746-1755.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 2.22 g.
Catalog reference: Cahn 129, KM-66.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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