Hanau-Lichtenberg 1598 3 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 74709 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hanau-Lichtenberg. 3 Kreuzer, 1598. NGC MS-61. A wonderfully well-preserved coin with bright silver surfaces complemented by golden-orange toning on the outer devices." This type was struck 1587-88, 1595-99. The three kreuzer was 1/24 of a thaler. We have filed it under Hesse-Darmstadt as that state absorbed the county on the extinction of the ruling family in 1785.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-MB3.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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