Mainz 1690-ICS 3 pfennig

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Künker sale 404, lot 2444

This specimen was lot 2444 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €60 (about US$79 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF ANSELM FRANZ VON INGELHEIM, 1679-1695. Die Münzstätte Erfurt. 3 Pfennig 1690, Erfurt. Münzmeister Johann Christoph Staude. Mit Kurhut bedecktes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Ingelheim), dahinter Schwert und Krummstab gekreuzt, zu den Seiten je ein Palmzweig, darüber A - F - E - M//Reichsapfel mit Wertzahl 3, zu den Seiten die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 90 ., die geteilte Signatur I • C - S • (Münzzeichen Zweig) und je ein sechstrahliger Stern. RR Sehr schön. Exemplar der Sammlung Horn. Erworben 2016 von Manfred Olding, Osnabrück. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Anselm Francis of Ingelheim, 1679-95, threepence of 1690, Erfurt mint. Obverse: capped, quartered arms of Mainz and Ingelheim, sword and crozier crossed behind, palm branches around; reverse: imperial orb with value divides the date. Very rare, 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 1680-82, 1685-86, 1689-90. The "AF+EM" means "Anselm Franz, Erzbischof von Mainz". Gold presentation strikes dated 1680 exist of this type.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 0,55 g.

Catalog reference: KM 176, Gräßler/Walde 758; Pr. Alex. -; 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.
  • [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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