Hanau-Munzenberg 1764-IIE 20 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 2933 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "HANAU-MÜNZENBERG: William IX, 1760-1803, AR 20 kreuzer, 1764, under the regency of Queen Mary of England, 1760-1803, AU, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." William IX was count of Hanau-Munzenberg from 1760 and landgrave of Hesse-Cassel from 1785. He was under the regency of his mother, princess Mary, daughter of George II of England, 1760-64. William is most remembered today for giving the Rothschilds their start by hiring Mayer Rothschild as his estate manager in 1769.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specifications: 6.68 g, 0.562 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-92, Cr-12.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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