Passau 1674 2 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 638 in Künker Auction 424 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,266 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · PASSAU, BISTUM Sebastian von Pötting, 1673-1689. 2 Kreuzer (1/2 Batzen) 1674, Passau. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, sehr schön +. (Germany, bishopric of Passau, Sebastian von Pötting, 1673-89, two kreuzer or half batzen of 1674, Passau mint. Extremely rare, fine patina, very fine or better.)"
After decades of no activity, the coinage of Passau resumed in 1674 with a one-sixth ducat (Fr-2067), a quarter ducat (Fr-2066), a kreuzer (KM 5), a two kreuzer (KM 7, shown here) and a six kreuzer (KM 9). The bishopric of Passau was annexed to Bavaria in 1803 and 1805.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver or billon, this specimen 1,08 g.
Catalog reference: KM 7, Kellner 121.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 424: Münster, Osnabrück, and the Peace of Westphalia | The Fuggers, Leuchtenberg, and Passau | The Collection of a German Manufacturer and History Enthusiast, Part 3, e.g., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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