Mainz 1675-MF 60 kreuzer

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Künker sale 335, lot 4125

The first specimen was lot 4125 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €300 (about US$393 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"MAINZ, ERZBISTUM. Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid, 1673-1675. Gulden (60 Kreuzer) 1675, Mainz. Vorzüglich. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Lothar Frederick of Metternich-Burscheid, gulden of 1675, Mainz mint. Extremely fine.)"

Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid (1617-75) was the bishop of Speyer from 1652 to 1675 and succeeded Johann Philipp von Schönborn as archbishop of Mainz and bishop of Worms from 1673 to 1675. Pluralism was common in the seventeenth century. In the 1670's the gulden or two-thirds thaler became a very popular denomination and the archbishops of Mainz issued their share. This type was issued 1673-75.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, 37 mm diameter, this specimen is 19.48 g.

Catalog reference: KM 123, Dav-648; Slg. Walther 349 leicht var; Slg. Pick 493 leicht var.

Source:

  • 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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