Mainz 1695-CB thaler Dav-5572

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Künker sale 404, lot 2416

This specimen was lot 2416 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$5,773 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF ANSELM FRANZ VON INGELHEIM, 1679-1695. Die Münzstätte Mainz. Reichstaler 1695 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1694 geändert), Mainz. Münzmeister Conrad Bethman. Brustbild r. in geistlichem Ornat//Dreifach behelmtes und verziertes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Ingelheim), dahinter Krumm-, Kreuzstab und Schwert gekreuzt. RR Feine Patina, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz-Rudolf Künker 319, Osnabrück 2019, Nr. 3760. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Anselm Francis of Ingelheim, 1679-95, thaler of 1695, Mainz mint, 1695/4 overdate. Obverse: bust right in clerical dress; reverse: triple-helmeted, quartered arms of Mainz and Ingelheim, sword and crozier crossed behind. Very rare, fine patina, about 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. 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 1694-95. Like most thalers from this state, it is rare and expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,89 g.

Catalog reference: KM 214, Dav-5572; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) -; Slg. Walther 438.

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., German Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
  • [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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