Mainz 1760 pfennig KM-316
This specimen was lot 2480 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €100 (about US$131 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF JOHANN FRIEDRICH KARL VON OSTEIN, 1743-1763. Die Münzstätte Erfurt. Ku.-Pfennig 1760, Erfurt. Ohne Signatur. Rad in gekrönter Kartusche, dahinter Schwert und Krummstab gekreuzt, die links von einem Windhund gehalten wird//[drei Ringe übereinander] 1 [drei Ringe übereinander] / PFENNIG / S [drei Ringe übereinander] M / 1760. RR Sehr schön. Erworben 2023 von Manfred Olding, Osnabrück. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, John Frederick Charles of Ostein, 1743-63, copper penny of 1760, Erfurt mint, without signature. Obverse: wheel in a crowned cartouche, crossed sword and crozier behind, supported by a greyhound to the left; reverse: value and date. Very rare, very fine.)"
Johann Friedrich Karl was also bishop of Worms. He supported the losing side in both the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War and the reparations extorted from him by the emperor bankrupted the archdiocese. Numerous pfennigs exist for 1760, including KM 294, 296, 297, 316 (shown here) and 317.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 2,02 g.
Catalog reference: KM 316, Gräßler 107.2; Schön 23; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) -; Slg. Walther 576.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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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