Mainz 1795-IA 5 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 71525 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Mainz. 5 Kreuzer, 1795 FS-IA. Friedrich Karl Joseph. NGC MS-66. A sharply struck and lustrous Gem with variable almond toning." Soldiers of revolutionary France occupied Mainz in October 1792, causing the archbishop to flee. Coalition forces besieged and captured the city in July 1793 after a heavy bombardment. This and other issues of 1794-95 were likely struck to celebrate the departure of the French and to reward those involved in the relief of the city. This type is the last of the denomination. Also struck in 1795 was a ¼ kreuzer (KM 402), ½ kreuzer (KM 403), kreuzer (KM 404), 10 kreuzer (KM 407), ½ thaler (KM 408), thaler (KM 409), ducat (KM 410). The town was annexed to France in 1797, along with the rest of the Rhineland; the archbishopric's remaining territory was mediatized and partitioned in 1803.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-405.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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