Eichstatt 1764-NSR 30 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3873 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,879 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"EICHSTÄTT, BISTUM. Raimund Anton von Strasoldo, 1757-1781. 30 Kreuzer (1/4 Taler) 1764, Nürnberg. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar, herrliche Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, bishopric of Eichstatt, Raimund Anton of Strasoldo, 1757-81. Thirty kreuzer (quarter thaler) of 1764, Nuremburg mint. Scarce in this condition, cabinet piece, beautiful patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This and an issue of 1755 are the only thirty kreuzer of this state.
Ruling Authorities
- Raimund Anton of Strasoldo, prince-bishop from 1757-1781.
Obverse
- Obverse description: Bust facing right with engraver's name below.
- Obverse inscription: RAIM•ANTONIUS D•G•EP•EYST•S•R•I•P• / ŒXLEIN•
- Obverse inscription unabridged: RAIMundus ANTONIUS Dei Gratia EPiscopus EYSTettensis Sacri Romani Imperii Princeps / OEXLEIN
- Obverse inscription translated: Raimund Anton, by the Grace of God, Bishop of Eichstätt, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire / Oexlein
Reverse
- Reverse description: Crowned arms in baroque frame with sword and crosier crossed behind with value in frame below, value dividing mintmark and mint warden's initial with mint master's initial below, date in Roman Numerals at end of main legend.
- Reverse inscription: XL•EINE FEINE MARCK MDCCLXIV. / N. S.R. / 30
- Reverse inscription unabridged: XL EINE FEINE MARCK MDCCLXIV / Nürnberg Scholz Riedner / 30 kreuzer
- Reverse inscription translated: Forty In a Fine Mark 1764 / Nuremberg Scholz Riedner / 30 kreuzer
Edge
- Edge description: Leafed.
Mintmarks
- N = Nuremberg
Mint Official Marks/Initials/Names
- ŒXLEIN = Johann Leonhard Oexlein, engraver at Nuremberg from 1740-1787.
- 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: silver, this specimen 7.00 g.
Catalog reference: Cahn 136, KM-85.
- 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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