Hesse-Cassel 1768-FU 1/4 thaler
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This specimen was struck in Hesse-Cassel for Landgrave Friedrich II (r. 1760-85). The type was issued 1768-72 and is scarce in nice condition. This specimen was lot 1173 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $164.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "HESSE-CASSEL: AR 1/6 thaler, 1868, mintmaster FU, PCGS graded MS64, ex Don Erickson Collection."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, fineness unknown.
Catalog reference: KM-491.
- 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 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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