Eichstatt 1764-NSR 2-1/2 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 6868 in Künker eLive Auction 78 (Osnabrück, July 2021), where it sold for €210 (about US$242 including buyer's fees). The catalog description noted,
"EICHSTÄTT. BISTUM. Raimund Anton von Strasoldo, 1757-1781. 2 1/2 Kreuzer 1764, Nürnberg. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz (Bishopric of Eichstatt, Raimund Anton of Strasoldo, 1757–81. Two and a half kreuzer of 1764, Nuremberg mint. Beautiful patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This coin is a Landmünze (Land coin) coin meaning it could only circulate in Eichstätt.
Ruling Authorities
- Raimund Anton of Strasoldo, prince-bishop from 1757-1781.
Obverse
- Obverse description: Bi-fold arms with each crest in its own baroque frame and upside-down fleur de lis above, on the left the arms of the bishopric and on the right the family arms of the bishop, all diving mint mark, mint master's initial, and mint warden's initial from each other.
- Obverse inscription: N. S. R.
- Obverse inscription unabridged: Nürnberg Scholz Riedner
- Obverse inscription translated: Nuremberg Scholz Riedner
Reverse
- Reverse description: Five-line inscription with value at the top and date at the bottom.
- Reverse inscription: 2 1/2.Kr. / EYCHST / CONVENT. / LANDM. / 1764.
- Reverse inscription unabridged: 2 1/2 Kreuzer / EYSTettensis / CONVENTiones / LANDMünze / 1764
- Reverse inscription translated: 2 1/2 Kreuzer / Eichstätt / Conventions / Land coin / 1764
- Edge description: Leafed.
Mintmarks/Mint: N = Nuremberg
Mint Official Marks/Initials/Names: S = Siegmund Scholz, mint warden at Nuremberg from 1760-1774; R = George Nicolaus Riedner, mint master at Nuremberg from 1764-1793.
Recorded mintage: Unknown.
Specification: billon, milled (possibly roller milled), this specimen 1.18 g.
Catalog reference: Cahn 143, KM-84.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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