View source for Colmar 1575 60 kreuzer KM-MB79

[[Image:JE149-1650.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 149, lot 1650]]
[[Image:Ensisheim 1477.jpg|550px|thumb|upper Alsace in 1477, showing Colmar between Ensisheim and Strasbourg]]

This specimen was lot 1650 in Jean Elsen sale 149 (Brussels, December 2021), where it sold for €700 (about US$948 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, COLMAR, Ville impériale, AR florin d'argent (Guldentaler) de 60 Kreuzer, 1575. Au titre de Maximilien II. D/ Ecu de la ville dans un cartouche orné, sous la date. R/ Aigle impériale couronnée. Très rare Frappe faible au droit. Nettoyé. Beau à Très Beau.'' ([[France]], [[German States, Strassbourg|free city of Colmar]], silver florin or guldenthaler of sixty kreuzer of 1575, struck in the name of Maximilian II. Obverse: city arms in an ornate cartouche under the date; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Very rare, weakly struck on the obverse, cleaned, Fine - Very Fine.)"</blockquote> The thalers from this city in Upper Alsace, now part of France, are all very rare. Only slightly more available are the gulden, which Colmar struck 1565-75 for Ferdinand I (deceased) and Maximilian II (shown here). The ones in the name of Ferdinand are much more available tho not common. At this time, the gulden was five sixths of a thaler, later to slide to two-thirds.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 24,16 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM MB79, Engel-Lehr 67; Dav-21. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 149: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021. 

''Link to:''
* [[Colmar 1554 thaler Dav-9112|1554 thaler]]
* [[Strasbourg 1575 10 kreuzer]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1575]]

[[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 149]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]]