Fulda 1723 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3904 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €220 (about US$288 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FULDA, ABTEI, SEIT 1752 BISTUM. Konstantin von Buttlar, 1714-1726. Kreuzer 1723. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, abbey of Fulda, Constantine of Buttlar, 1714-26, kreuzer of 1723. Cabinet piece, about uncirculated.)"
This type was minted by the abbot in 1723-24. It is not expensive. The abbot was promoted to bishop in 1753 but did not enjoy his new dignity for long. The bishopric was mediatized by Napoleon in 1802 and partitioned.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 0.51 g.
Catalog reference: KM 46, Eichelmann 8 c.
- 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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