Mainz 1793 sol

from the Stack's Bowers June 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71165

This specimen was lot 71165 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $204. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Mainz. Siege Sol, 1793. Friedrich Karl Josef. NGC MS-61 Brown. Struck during the siege of Mainz which took place between 14 April to 23 July 1793. Perfectly centered with a touch of central weakness on both sides that prevents a finer grade." This type was accompanied by a five sols and two sols, also copied from French revolutionary coinage. The archbishopric was mediatized and partitioned in 1803; the part west of the Rhine had already been annexed to France.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper or brass.

Catalog reference: KM-601; Gad-65.

Source:

• Korchnak, Lawrence C., Siege Coins of the World, 1453-1902, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2021.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• 1793 2 sols
• Mainz 1793 5 sols siege coinage
• Coins and currency dated 1793