Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 1624 albus
This specimen was lot 943 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "LEININGEN-DAGSBURG-FALKENBURG: Johann Ludwig, 1593-1625, AR albus, 1624, very uneven strike, VG, R." The landgraviate of Leiningen, already a petty state, was subdivided several times in the sixteenth century. Wikipedia comments, "...the younger branch of the Leiningens, known as the family of Leiningen-Hardenburg, was flourishing. On 27 June 1560, this branch was divided into the lines of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg, founded by Count Johann Philip (d. 1562), and Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim or Falkenburg, founded by Count Emicho (d. 1593). In 1658 Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg divided into Leiningen-Dagsburg (extinct 1706), Leiningen-Heidesheim (extinct 1766), Leiningen-Guntersblum (extinct 1774). The county of Leiningen-Dagsburg was inherited by Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg in 1774." The albus, or two kreuzer, was issued by several states along the Rhine and achieved popularity because of its good alloy. This rare type is listed for 1624 only.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-13var, Joseph-19a.
- 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, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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