Fulda 1769-VH kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 3906 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €380 (about US$497 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FULDA, ABTEI, SEIT 1752 BISTUM. Heinrich VIII. von Bibra, 1759-1788. Kreuzer 1769, Fulda. Feine Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, bishopric of Fulda, Henry VIII of Bibra, 1759-88, kreuzer of 1769, Fulda mint. Fine patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was minted by the bishop in 1765 and 1769. It is not rare. The bishopric was mediatized by Napoleon in 1802 and partitioned.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 0.66 g.
Catalog reference: KM 128, Eichelmann 131.
- 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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