Mainz 1795-FS IA ducat

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Künker sale 404, lot 2516

This specimen was lot 2516 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €4,600 (about US$6,036 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF FRIEDRICH KARL JOSEPH VON ERTHAL, 1774-1802. Die Münzstätte Mainz. Dukat 1795, Mainz. SALVS - PVBLICA, Anleihe zur Landesverteidigung aus Goldgefäßen von Klerus und Privatleuten. Münzmeister Joseph Aatz. Stempelschneider Jakob Friedrich Stieler. Brustbild r. in geistlichem Ornat, darunter die Signatur F • S •//Mit Kurhut bedecktes und mit Girlanden behängtes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Worms) mit Mittelschild von Erthal, belegt mit dem Deutsch-Ordenskreuz, unten die geteilte Jahreszahl 17 - 95 und die geteilte Signatur I - A. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Nur wenige Exemplare geprägt. Henkelspur, gewellt, sehr schön. Erworben 2012 von der Münzenhandlung Johannes Diller, München. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Charles Joseph of Erthal, 1774-1802, ducat of 1795, Mainz mint, "SALVS PVBLICA" on reverse, gold donated by cleary and private citizens for defense. Obverse: bust right in episcopal mantle, initials below; reverse: capped, garlanded and quartered arms of Mainz and Worms with the escutcheon of Erthal, Extremely rare, only a few examples known, mount mark, bent, very fine.)"

Altho this "contribution" ducat is not mentioned in Friedberg, it is listed in the SCWC. Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal (1719-1802) was elected archbishop of Mainz and bishop of Worms in 1774. He spent most of his reign in futile disputations with the pope and struck no coinage until revolutionary French armies arrived in 1792. In 1797, the part of his domain west of the Rhine was annexed to France. His successor, Karl von Dalberg, coadjutor from 1787, was the last prince-archbishop of Mainz, which was mediatized in 1806.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,46 g.

Catalog reference: KM 412, Fr-unlisted; Eckhart Pick, Das Mainzer Medailleursquartett Abb. 22; Schön 90; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) 793; Slg. Walther 657.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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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