Hesse-Darmstadt 1694-IAR 2 albus
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This specimen was lot 2936 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "HESSE-DARMSTADT: Ernst Ludwig, 1678-1739, AR 2 albus, Darmstadt, 1694, initials IAR, bold strike, lustrous, PCGS graded MS63." The coinage of this state prior to the mid-eighteenth century is very scanty. This type was struck 1692-97 and 1703-08. It was accompanied by a single albus. Two albus was one-fifteenth thaler. The initials IAR stand for Johann Adam Rephun, mintmaster at Darmstadt 1693-1705.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.89 g, silver or billon, 22-23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-82, Sch-4, Hoffm-3478.
- 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]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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