Frankfurt 1778-G kreuzer

Heritage sale 3010, part of lot 22568

This specimen was part of lot 22568 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), which sold for $287.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Frankfurt- Free City. Six exceptional 1 Kreuzer Coins: (4) 1773, KM253; 1778, KM257.1; and 1784, KM267. All coins UNC, most unusual thus." Frankfurt issued an extensive series of kreuzers 1763-89 in various types. Frankfurt was annexed by Prussia in 1866 and its coinage ceased.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: KM 257.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

Link to:

• Frankfurt 1773-BN kreuzer
• 1774 heller
• 1778-G PCB N 5 kreuzer
• Frankfurt 1784-G kreuzer
• Coins and currency dated 1778
• return to coins of German States, Frankfurt