Mainz 1658-MF albus
This specimen was lot 2371 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €480 (about US$630 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF JOHANN PHILIPP VON SCHÖNBORN, 1647-1673. Die Münzstätte Mainz. Albus 1658, Mainz. Münzmeister Matthias Fischer. Vierfeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Franken/ Würzburg/Mainz) mit Mittelschild von Schönborn, umher Blätterkranz//[drei Ringe übereinander] I [drei Ringe übereinander] / ALBVS / • 1658 • / MF (ligiert) /, umher Blätterkranz. RR Sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Bauer, Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 323, Frankfurt/Main 1988, Nr. 2203 und der Slg. Heinz Beaury, Auktion Fischer 7, Bonn 2022, Nr. 5245. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, John Philip of Schönborn, 1647-73, albus of 1658, Mainz mint. Obverse: quartered arms of Mainz, Franconia, Wurzburg and Mainz with the escutcheon of Schönborn, leafy wreath around; reverse: value and date in wreath, Very rare, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1648-58. This example realized eighteen times the catalog value. An albus was two kreuzer or 1/45 of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 0,79 g.
Catalog reference: KM 100, Pr. Alex. -; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) -; Slg. Walther -.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 404: Coins and Medals of the City of Mainz - The Prof. Dr. Eckhart Pick Collection, Part II, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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