Eichstatt 1694-GFN 1/2 thaler KM-44
This specimen was lot 5757 in Künker Auction 354 (Osnabrück, October 2021), where it sold for €960 (about US$1,108 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"EICHSTÄTT. BISTUM. Johann Eucharius von Castell, 1685-1697. 1/2 Reichstaler 1694, Nürnberg. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, vorzüglich. (Bishopric of Eichstatt, Johann Eucharius of Castell, 1685-1697. Half reichstaler of 1694, Nuremberg mint. Attractive example with a fine patina, extremely fine.)"
Ruling Authorities
- Johann Eucharius of Castel, prince-bishop from 1685-1697.
Obverse
- Obverse description: Quad-helmeted arms with sword and crosier crossed behind flanked by double tailed lions on either side, dividing mint master as well as engraver's initials and mint mark below.
- Obverse inscription: D G.IOAN.EUCHARIUS EPISCOPUS EYSTETT.SAC.ROM.IMP.PRINCEPS. / GF N.
- Obverse inscription unabridged: Dei Gratia IOhannes EUCHARIus EPISCOPUS EYSTETTensis SACri ROMani IMPerii PRINCEPS / Georg Friedrich Nürnberg
- Obverse inscription translated: by the Grace of God, Johann Eucharius, Bishop of Eichstätt, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire / Georg Friedrich Nuremberg
Reverse
- Reverse description: Saint Willibald standing with right hand making the sign for the Holy Trinity and holding in the left hand a crosier, behind him a halo of rays, at his feet the crest of Eichstätt, date at end of the legend.
- Reverse inscription: SANCTUS WILIBALDUS EPISCOPUS EYSTETTENSIS.1694.
- Reverse inscription unabridged: SANCTUS WILIBALDUS EPISCOPUS EYSTETTENSIS 1694
- Reverse inscription translated: Saint Willibald, Bishop of Eichstätt 1694
Edge: Plain.
Mintmarks/Mint: N = Nuremberg.
Mint Official Marks/Initials/Names: GF = Georg Friedrich, mint master and engraver at Nuremberg from 1682-1724.
Recorded mintage: 3,392.
Specification: silver, roller milled, this specimen 14.52 g.
Catalog reference: Cahn 115a, KM-44.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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