Frankfurt 1803-GB GH kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 2519 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Free Imperial City, AR kreuzer, 1803, mintmaster initials GB, mint warden initials GH, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64." This type was struck 1803-05. It is one of many small denominations made in the free city in the nineteenth century. The initials "GB GH" stand for Johann Georg Bunsen, Mint Master 1790-1825, and Georg Hille, Mint Warden 1798-1816. One convention thaler was 120 kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.7 g, billon, 15 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-295, JuF-976.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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