Reuss-Lobenstein 1804 3 pfennige
This specimen was lot 4241 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €380 (about US$497 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REUSS, REUSS-LOBENSTEIN, HERRSCHAFT, SEIT 1673 GRAFSCHAFT. Heinrich XXXV. 1790-1805. Dreier 1804. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, county of Reuss-Lobenstein, Henry XXXV, 1790-1805, 3 pfennig of 1804. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
Reuss was one of the splinter states of Saxon Thuringia and itself underwent several divisions. Many rulers were named Heinrich and several lines consolidated their numbering, resulting in this prince becoming Heinrich the thirty-fifth. This type was struck 1804 only. It was one of hundreds of obscure minors issued by the various German states prior to unification in 1871.
Recorded mintage: 110,120.
Specification: billon, this specimen 0.61 g.
Catalog reference: KM 15, J. 72 b; Schmidt/Knab 584.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
Link to:
- Reuss-Lobenstein 1759-ICE 2 groschen, marriage of the count's daughter
- Reuss-Obergreiz 1805 groschen
- Reuss-Obergreiz 1806-L thaler Dav-794
- Coins and currency dated 1804