View source for Mainz 1680-MF 15 kreuzer

[[Image:K403-2425.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 404, lot 2425]]

This specimen was lot 2425 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,575 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF ANSELM FRANZ VON INGELHEIM, 1679-1695. Die Münzstätte Mainz. 15 Kreuzer (1/4 Sortengulden) 1680, Mainz. Münzmeister Matthias Fischer. Mit Wertzahl 15 auf der Rückseite. Brustbild r. in geistlichem Ornat//Mit Kurhut bedecktes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Ingelheim), dahinter Schwert und Krummstab gekreuzt, zu den Seiten je ein Palmzweig, darunter die Wertzahl 15 in Klammern. RR Feine Patina, Prüfspur auf der Vorderseite, sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Bischoff, Oppenheim, Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 360, Frankfurt/Main 1999, Nr. 4014 und der Slg. Heinz Beaury, Auktion Fischer 7, Bonn 2022, Nr. 5276.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Mainz|archbishopric of Mainz]], Anselm Francis of Ingelheim, 1679-95, quarter gulden or fifteen kreuzer of 1680, Mainz mint. Obverse: Bust right in clerical robes' reverse: capped, quartered arms of Mainz and Ingelheim, behind it a crossed crosier and sword, a palm branch on each side, underneath the value 15 in brackets. Very rare, fine patina, tool mark on the obverse, very fine.)"</blockquote> Anselm Francis of Ingelheim (1634-95) succeeded Charles Henry as archbishop of Mainz in 1679. Unlike many of his predecessors, he held no other office. After the French invaded and wrecked his diocese in the 1690's, he moved to Aschaffenburg. This one year type is not priced in the SCWC. One quarter gulden was one-sixth thaler, a denomination that would become popular in the next century.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 4,36 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 177, Pr. Alex. -; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) 530 var.; Slg. Walther 402. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 404: Coins and Medals of the City of Mainz - The Prof. Dr. Eckhart Pick Collection, Part II,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Mainz 1678 1/8 thaler|1678 ⅛ thaler, death of Damian Hartard]]
* [[Mainz 1679-MF albus KM-165|1679-MF albus, three shields obverse, no palm branches]]
* [[Mainz 1679-MF albus KM-166|1679-MF albus, quartered arms in wreath]]
* [[Mainz 1679-MF 30 kreuzer|1679-MF 30 kreuzer]] = half gulden
* [[Mainz 1679-MF 60 kreuzer|1679-MF 60 kreuzer]] = gulden
* [[Mainz (1679) thaler Dav-5567|(1679) thaler, peace of Nijmegen]]
* [[Mainz 1680 3 pfennig]] struck in gold
* [[Mainz 1680-MF 30 kreuzer|1680-MF 30 kreuzer]] = half gulden
* [[Mainz 1680-MF 60 kreuzer|1680-MF 60 kreuzer]] = gulden
* [[Mainz 1680-MF thaler Dav-5569|1680-MF thaler]]
* [[Mainz 1680-MF 2 ducats Fr-1663|1680-MF double ducat]]
* [[Mainz 1682-MF 5 ducats Fr-1662|1682-MF 5 ducats]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1680]]

[[Category: Selections from Kunker sale 403, 404, 405, 406]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]]