Solms-Lich 1617 3 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 3004 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $90. The catalog description[1] noted, "SOLMS-LICH: Ernest II, 1602-1619, AR 3 kreuzer (groschen), 1617, titles of Matthias in margin, label erroneously reads Solms-Hohensolms, PCGS graded MS61, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection." The county of Solms, a petty state in Hesse, had many branches. The line of Solms-Lich was created in 1548 and fell extinct in 1718, passing to Solms-Hohensolms. This type was struck in many varieties 1612-17.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.48 g, silver, 21-22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-19.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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