Trier 1762-GM 5 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 4412 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €170 (about US$223 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"TRIER, ERZBISTUM. Johann Philipp von Walderdorff, 1756-1768. 5 Kreuzer 1762, Koblenz. Schöne Patina, vorzüglich. (Germany, archbishopric of Trier, John Philip of Walderdorff, 1756-68, five kreuzer of 1762, Koblenz mint. Nice patina, extremely fine.)"
This type is listed for 1761-64. The last issue of this denomination was in 1765. The region was annexed by France in 1792 and awarded to Prussia in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 2.50 g.
Catalog reference: KM 306, v. Schr. 1141.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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.
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