Hesse-Darmstadt 1841 6 kreuzer

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 2249

This specimen was lot 2249 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $132. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HESSE-DARMSTADT: Ludwig II, 1830-1848, AR 6 kreuzer, 1841, wonderful cartwheel luster, NGC graded MS65+." This type was struck 1838-42 and is common. Hesse-Darmstadt struck coinage to the unified empire standard after 1871. Her rival, Hesse-Cassel, was annexed by Prussia in 1866 along with Nassau and was not a sovereign part of the Wilhelmine empire.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.

Specification: 2.46 g, .350 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-306.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

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