Hesse-Darmstadt 1841 kreuzer

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75046

This specimen was lot 75046 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hesse-Darmstadt. Kreuzer, 1841. Ludwig II. PCGS MS-64." This type was struck 1837-42 and is common. One convention thaler was two gulden or 120 kreuzer. The landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt was promoted to grand duke by Napoleon in 1806 and his state survived until 1918. His rival, the elector of Hesse-Kassel, entered the Austro-Prussian war of 1866 on the Austrian side and saw his domain annexed to Prussia as a result.

Recorded mintage: 120,695 plus proofs.

Specification: 0.8 g, 0.166 fine silver, 14.6 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-303.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Links to:

• 1836 kreuzer
• 1839 gulden
• 1840 double thaler
• 1840 5 gulden
• 1840 10 gulden
• 1841 6 kreuzer
• 1841 double thaler
• 1842 double thaler
• 1842 5 gulden
• 1842 10 gulden
• Coins and currency dated 1841