Hesse-Cassel 1681 4 albus

Heritage sale 351, lot 13108

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 13108 in Heritage sale 351 (Long Beach, May 2004), where it sold for $92. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Hesse-Cassel. 4 Albus 1681, scarce type, Fine." The SCWC notes that this issue is the only four albus struck in Hesse-Cassel during the seventeenth century, further noting that 4 albus = 1/8 thaler.

Record mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog description: KM 305.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 351: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2004.

Link to:

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• Hesse-Cassel 1693-IVF 1/8 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1681
• return to coins of German States, Hesse-Cassel