View source for Friedberg 1688-RA 6 kreuzer

[[Image:Friedberg JE135-1231.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 135, lot 1231]]
[[Image:Hanau 1789.JPG|550px|thumb|Friedberg in 1789, northeast of Frankfurt]]

This specimen was lot 1231 in Jean Elsen sale 135 (Brussels, December 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ALLEMAGNE, FRIEDBERG, Ville impériale, Philipp Adolph von Rau zu Holzhausen (1685-1698), AR 6 Kreuzer, 1688. Au titre de Léopold Ier. D/ B. à d. R/ Aigle impériale couronnée. Rare Eclats du flan sur la tranche. Très Beau.'' ([[Germany]], city of Friedberg, Philipp Adolph von Rau zu Holzhausen, 1685-98, silver six kreuzer of 1688, struck in the name of Leopold I. Obverse: bust right; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Rare, edge cracks, very fine.)"</blockquote> The SCWC shows three listings for this one year type: 1688-RA (Johann Reinhard Arnold, shown here), 1688 and 1688-VBW. The SCWC says Philip died in 1692. The free city of Friedberg evolved into a burgraviate and thence passed to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1802. All of its issues are rare.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 3,00 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 57, Lejeune 72.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 135,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017. 

''Link to:''
* [[Friedberg 1686 kreuzer]]
* [[Friedberg 1688-VBW 6 kreuzer]]
* [[Friedberg 1766-SNR thaler Dav-2251]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1688]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Hesse-Darmstadt]]

[[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 135]]