Frankfurt (1839) kreuzer
This specimen was lot 70553 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Frankfurt. Kreuzer, ND (1839). PCGS MS-66. A most attractive small silver minor from the free city of Frankfurt. The coin exhibits an appealing city view and is highly sought after." This kreuzer with the city view reverse was struck 1839 only tho undated. It is one of many small denominations made in the free city in the nineteenth century. Others included the three kreuzer, six kreuzer, half gulden, gulden and double gulden. The regular one kreuzer with the value reverse (KM 312) was made 1838-57 and is common. The last kreuzer was struck in 1866, the year the city was annexed by Prussia.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.835 g, 0.167 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-317.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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