Leuchtenberg 1528 10 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 590 in Künker Auction 424 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €440 (about US$623 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · LEUCHTENBERG, LANDGRAFSCHAFT Johann IV., 1487-1531. 10 Kreuzer 1528, Pfreimd. Münzmeister Hans Schulmeister. Bindenschild von Leuchtenberg, darüber die Jahreszahl * 1528 *//Gekrönter Doppeladler, auf der Brust zweifeldiges Wappen (Österreich/Burgund). R Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, landgraviate of Leuchtenberg, John IV, 1487-1531, ten kreuzer of 1528, Pfreimd mint. Obverse: arms of Leuchtenberg, date above; reverse: crowned double headed eagle supporting the impaled arms of Austria and Burgundy. Rare, planchet defects, about extremely fine.)"
The landgrave of Leuchtenberg was a considerable power in the Upper Palatinate in the Middle Ages but never succeeded in becoming a direct suffragan of the emperor. When the dynasty lapsed in 1646, the landgraviate was annexed to Bavaria, where it remains to this day. This type is listed for 1527-28 along with another ten kreuzer with a two digit date (KM MB22). It was the only time this denomination was issued. One thaler was sixty kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.77-5.72 g, silver or billon, 29 mm diameter; this specimen 5,64 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB20, Friedl 82 b.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 424: Münster, Osnabrück, and the Peace of Westphalia | The Fuggers, Leuchtenberg, and Passau | The Collection of a German Manufacturer and History Enthusiast, Part 3, e.g., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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