Mainz 1675-ICD 60 kreuzer KM-136

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Künker sale 404, lot 2403

This specimen was lot 2403 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €340 (about US$446 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF DAMIAN HARTARD VON DER LEYEN, 1675-1678. Die Münzstätte Erfurt. Gulden (60 Kreuzer) 1675, Erfurt. Münzmeister Johann Christoph Dürr. Mit Kreuzrosette (+) am Anfang der Vorderseitenumschrift und am Ende mit EPISC •. Brustbild r. in geistlichem Ornat//Mit Kurhut bedecktes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Worms) mit Mittelschild von der Leyen, dahinter Schwert und Krummstab gekreuzt, zu den Seiten die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 75 und die geteilte Signatur IC - D (gestielte Blume), unten ERF - FURT, darunter die Wertzahl 60 in Klammern. RR Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, leicht bearbeitet, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 419, Frankfurt/Main 2017, Nr. 1893. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Damian Hartard von der Leyen, 1675-78, gulde or sixty kreuzer of 1675, Erfurt mint, cross at the beginning of the obverse legend. Obverse: bust right in episcopal robe; reverse: quartered arms of Mainz and Worms with the escutcheon of Leyen, sword and crozier crossed behind, elector's cap above, value and "ERFFURT" below. Very rare, planchet defects, lightly tooled, very fine.)"

Damian Hartard von der Leyen (1624-78) was archdeacon of Karden and succeeded Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid as archbishop of Mainz and bishop of Worms from 1675 to 1678. Pluralism was common in the seventeenth century. Like many German princes, the archbishop was striking mostly gulden in the 1670's instead of thalers. Other gulden of Damian Hartard exist (KM 138, KM 139, KM 140, KM 141) but are much rarer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 18,97 g.

Catalog reference: KM 136, Dav-651; Gräßler/ Walde 674; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) -; Slg. Walther -.

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.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [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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