Friedberg 1686 kreuzer

Heritage sale 3064, lot 32870

Friedberg in 1789, northeast of Frankfurt

This specimen was lot 32870 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $114. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Friedberg. Imperial City under Philipp Adolf Rau Kreuzer 1686 MS64 NGC. A truly gem specimen of this nearly 350-year-old beauty, evincing plentiful luster although a bit weakly struck." This type was struck 1685-86 for Philipp Adolf Rau von Holzhausen (1685-92), elected burgrave. At the time, 3 kreuzer = groschen, 4 kreuzer = batzen, 90 kreuzer = one thaler. The free city of Friedberg evolved into a burgraviate and thence passed to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1802. All of its issues are rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 56.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

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