Mainz 1672-MF 30 kreuzer

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Künker sale 404, lot 2370

This specimen was lot 2370 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €350 (about US$459 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF JOHANN PHILIPP VON SCHÖNBORN, 1647-1673. Die Münzstätte Mainz. ½ Gulden (30 Kreuzer) 1672, Mainz. Münzmeister Matthias Fischer. Mit EPI : HERB : in der Rückseitenumschrift und größerer Jahreszahl. Brustbild r. im Wams, der mit Borten besetzt ist und umgelegtem Kreuz//Mit Kurhut bedecktes, sechsfeldiges Wappen (Franken/Mainz/Würzburg/ Würzburg/Mainz/Worms) mit Mittelschild von Schönborn, dahinter Schwert, Kreuz- und Krummstab gekreuzt, zu den Seiten je ein Zweig, darunter die Wertzahl 30 in Klammern. Sehr schön. Exemplar der WAG Online 129, April 2022, Nr. 1008. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, John Philip of Schönborn, 1647-73, half gulden or thirty kreuzer of 1672, Mainz mint, large date. Obverse: bust right in a decorated robe, which is trimmed with braids and a folded cross; reverse: Six-fold arms of Franconia, Mainz, Würzburg and Worms with an escutcheon of Schönborn, an electoral hat above, behind it a crossed sword, cross and crook, palm branches on each side, value below in brackets. Very fine.)"

Johann Philipp von Schönborn (1605–1673) was a committed pluralist, being the archbishop-elector of Mainz (1647–1673), the bishop of Würzburg (1642–1673), and the bishop of Worms (1663–1673). He was a principal negotiator of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 which ended the Thirty Years War. As a result of the war, the thaler rose from 72 to ninety kreuzers. Many princes responded in the 1670's by issuing the gulden at its old value of sixty kreuzer or two-thirds of a thaler. The archbishops also issued half gulden in many styles (KM 120, 134, 135, 148, 162, 178) of which this issue of 1671-72 is the first.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 9,59 g.

Catalog reference: KM 120, Helmschrott 330 var.; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) 455 var.; Slg. Walther 330 var.

Source:

  • 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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