Mainz 1796-IA 3 kreuzer

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Künker sale 404, lot 2525

This specimen was lot 2525 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €20 (about US$26 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF FRIEDRICH KARL JOSEPH VON ERTHAL, 1774-1802. Die Münzstätte Mainz. 3 Kreuzer 1796, Mainz. Münzmeister Joseph Aatz. Stempelschneider Jakob Friedrich Stieler. Brustbild r. in geistlichem Ornat, darunter die Signatur S//Auf einem Podest mit Wertangabe 3 • K das mit dem Kurhut bedeckte, dreifeldige Wappen (Mainz/Worms/Erthal), zu den Seiten je ein Palmzweig, unten die geteilte Jahreszahl und die Signatur I • - A •. Vorzüglich. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Charles Joseph of Erthal, 1774-1802, three kreuzer of 1796, Mainz mint. Obverse: bust right in episcopal mantle, initials below; reverse: capped, trifold arms of Mainz, Worms and Erthal, palm branches around, date and initials below. Extremely fine.)"

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: silver or billon, this specimen 1,10 g.

Catalog reference: KM 413, Schön 76; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) 811; Slg. Walther 672.

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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