Weissenburg 1626 12 kreuzer KM-14
The first specimen was lot 1016 in Sincona sale 63 (Zürich, June 2020), where it sold for 310 CHF (about US$389 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE | Weissenburg / Wissembourg | Stadt, 12 Kreuzer 1626. Mit dem Titel Ferdinands II. Vorzüglich. Kleines Zainende und poröser Schrötling. (city of Weissenburg, twelve kreuzer of 1626, in the name of Ferdinand II. Extremely fine, Minor edge clip and small flan defects.)"
The second specimen was lot 533 in Sincona Auction 103 (Zürich, May 2026), where it sold for 190 CHF (about US$241 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"FRANKREICH Weissenburg / Wissembourg (Elsass/Alsace), 12 Kreuzer 1626, Weissenburg. Sehr schön. Feine Patina. (France, city of Weissenburg in Alsace, twelve kreuzer of 1626, Weissenburg mint. Very Fine, Nicely toned.)"
Weissenburg is now an extremely obscure locale in French Alsace. The SCWC records three different schrechenberger for 1626: KM 13, with obverse legend "MON·NOV·IMP·CIV·WEISENBVR", struck 1616-26; KM 14, with obverse legend "+ WEISSENBVRG*AM*RHEIN:" struck 1626; and KM 21, "+ WEISEMBVRG*AM*RHEIN:" struck 1626 and 1628. This one is the second.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, the first specimen 4.37 g., the second specimen 5.06 g.
Catalog reference: KM 14, Engel/Lehr 32.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 63: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2020.
- 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.
- [2]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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