Mainz 1690-ICS 15 kreuzer KM-200

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Künker sale 404, lot 2436

This specimen was lot 2436 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €700 (about US$919 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF ANSELM FRANZ VON INGELHEIM, 1679-1695. Die Münzstätte Erfurt. 15 Kreuzer (1/4 Sortengulden) 1690, Erfurt. Münzmeister Johann Christoph Staude. Mit veränderter Vorder- und Rückseitendarstellung. Brustbild r. in geistlichem Ornat, davor Wertzahl XV in Oval//Mit Kurhut bedecktes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Ingelheim), dahinter Schwert und Krummstab gekreuzt, zu den Seiten je ein Palmzweig, am Ende der Umschrift die Signatur ICS (der Buchstabe C mit kleiner Rosette). Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Erworben 2018 von Marc Raffler, Hettenshausen. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Anselm Francis of Ingelheim, 1679-95, fifteen kreuzer or quarter gulden of 1690, Erfurt mint. Obverse: bust right in clerical robes, value on truncation; reverse: capped and quartered arms of Mainz and Ingelheim, cross sword and crozier behind, palm branches around, date below. Cabinet example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

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 several varieties. This example shows the engraver's initials above the sword; KM 195 has the initials above the elector's cap. The photos in the SCWC show the value (XV) on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 5,10 g.

Catalog reference: KM 200, Gräßler/Walde 741; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) 593 var.; Slg. Walther 451 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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