Mainz 1690-AD 60 kreuzer

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Künker sale 404, lot 2421

This specimen was lot 2421 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €190 (about US$249 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF ANSELM FRANZ VON INGELHEIM, 1679-1695. Die Münzstätte Mainz. Gulden (60 Kreuzer) 1690, Mainz. Münzmeister Andreas Dittmar. Münzzeichen in der Umschrift. Kleinerer Schrötling und kleineres Münzzeichen, der Wappenschild unten gerade. Brustbild r. in geistlichem Ornat//Mit Kurhut bedecktes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Ingelheim), dahinter Schwert und Krummstab gekreuzt, zu den Seiten je ein Palmzweig, darunter die Wertzahl 60 in Klammern. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Teutoburger Münzauktion 100, Borgholzhausen 2016, Nr. 3827. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Anselm Francis of Ingelheim, 1679-95, gulden or sixty kreuzer of 1690, Mainz mint, mintmaster's initials in legend. Smaller planchet and smaller mint mark, the escutcheon straight at the bottom. Obverse: bust right in clerical robe; reverse: capped, quartered arms of Mainz and Ingelheim, behind it a crossed sword and crosier, a palm branch on each side, underneath the value 60 in brackets. Very 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. Mainz was occupied by the French army in 1688 which was besieged by imperial forces in 1689. The siege and resulting evacuation by the French (taking everything with them not nailed down) ruined a town already in decline. This type was struck in 1690, 1693 and 1695.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 15,16 g.

Catalog reference: KM 201, Dav-658; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) 551 var.; Slg. Walther 416 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.
  • 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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