Hanau-Munzenberg 1619/8/4 teston

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from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70561
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Hanau in 1789, between Isenburg and Frankfurt. Munzenberg is to the north, neighboring Solms

This specimen was lot 70561 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hanau-Munzenberg. Teston, 1619/8/4. NGC MS-65. Sharply struck and highly lustrous with crisp details. A brilliant gem with excellent eye appeal." This type was struck 1614-20 for the count of Hanau-Munzenberg. For 1619, only the overdate is listed. One teston = 6 batzen. We have filed this under Hesse-Cassel as that is the state which annexed the county on the extinction of the dynasty.

Recorded mintage: 34,000.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 36.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

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