Mainz 1680-MF 30 kreuzer

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Künker sale 404, lot 2424

This specimen was lot 2424 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €420 (about US$551 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF ANSELM FRANZ VON INGELHEIM, 1679-1695. Die Münzstätte Mainz. ½ Gulden (30 Kreuzer) 1680, Mainz. Münzmeister Matthias Fischer. Mit leicht veränderter Vorder- und Rückseitendarstellung. Brustbild r. in geistlichem Ornat//Mit Kurhut bedecktes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Ingelheim), dahinter Krummstab und Schwert gekreuzt, zu den Seiten je ein Palmzweig, darunter die Wertzahl 30 in Klammern. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Erworben 2020 von Marc Raffler, Hettenshausen. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Anselm Francis of Ingelheim, 1679-95, half gulden or thirty kreuzer of 1680, Mainz mint. Obverse: Bust right in clerical robes' reverse: capped, quartered arms of Mainz and Ingelheim, behind it a crossed crosier and sword, a palm branch on each side, underneath the value 30 in brackets. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

Anselm Francis of Ingelheim (1634-95) succeeded Charles Henry as archbishop of Mainz in 1679. Unlike many of his predecessors, he held no other office. After the French invaded and wrecked his diocese in the 1690's, he moved to Aschaffenburg. This one year type is not priced in the SCWC. Half a gulden was one-third thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 9,67 g.

Catalog reference: KM 178, Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) 529 var.; Slg. Walther 401 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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