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[[Image:SB1122-74709o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 7470]]
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[[Image:Hanau 1789.JPG|550px|thumb|Hanau in 1789, between Isenburg and Frankfurt. Munzenberg is to the north, neighboring Solms]]

This specimen was lot 74709 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $80. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Hanau-Lichtenberg. 3 Kreuzer, 1598. NGC MS-61. A wonderfully well-preserved coin with bright silver surfaces complemented by golden-orange toning on the outer devices." This type was struck 1587-88, 1595-99. The three kreuzer was 1/24 of a thaler. We have filed it under [[German States, Hesse-Darmstadt|Hesse-Darmstadt]] as that state absorbed the county on the extinction of the ruling family in 1785.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-MB3.

''[[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>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[Hanau-Lichtenberg 1609 teston]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1598]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]]

Hanau-Lichtenberg 1598 3 kreuzer - Revision history

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