Saxony 1522 schreckenberger
This specimen was lot 2315 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €4,600 (about US$6,514 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Friedrich III. der Weise, 1486-1525. Schreckenberger 1522, Nürnberg. RR Hübsche Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick the Wise, 1486-1525, schreckenberger of 1522, Nuremberg mint. Very rare, handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The schreckenberger or engelgroschen was a denomination briefly popular around the turn of the sixteenth century. Nominally equal to twelve kreuzer, they should have the weight of one-fifth thaler altho this example weighs about one-seventh of a thaler. The reverse legend, VERBVM DOMINI MANET in AETERNVM = "[But] the word of the Lord endures forever." (1 Peter:25). Joint coinages were frequent during the early stages of the division between the Ernestine and Albertine dukes; the Ernestine branch splintered after 1554 into the Saxon duchies.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 4.26 g, silver, 32 mm diameter, this specimen 4,33 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB130, Keilitz 81.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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