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*Obverse description: Crowned arms in baroque frame with sword and crosier crossed behind with date below. | *Obverse description: Crowned arms in baroque frame with sword and crosier crossed behind with date below. | ||
| − | *Obverse inscription: | + | *Obverse inscription: RAI.ANT D.G.E.& P.E / 1765 |
| − | *Obverse inscription unabridged: | + | *Obverse inscription unabridged: RAImundus ANTonius Dei Gratia Episcopus Et Princeps Eystettensis / 1765 |
*Obverse inscription translated: Raimund Anton, by the Grace of God, Bishop And Prince of Eichstätt / 1765 | *Obverse inscription translated: Raimund Anton, by the Grace of God, Bishop And Prince of Eichstätt / 1765 | ||
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*Reverse description: Three-line inscription of value in baroque frame, another value in cartouche as part of the frame below dividing mint master's and mint warden's initials from the mint mark above outside of the cartouche. | *Reverse description: Three-line inscription of value in baroque frame, another value in cartouche as part of the frame below dividing mint master's and mint warden's initials from the mint mark above outside of the cartouche. | ||
| − | *Reverse inscription: | + | *Reverse inscription: LX. / EINE FEINE / MARK. / S.R. N. / XX.K. |
| − | *Reverse inscription unabridged: | + | *Reverse inscription unabridged: LX / EINE FEINE / MARK / Scholz Riedner Nürnberg / XX Kreuzer |
*Reverse inscription translated: Sixty / In a Fine / Mark / Scholz Riedner Nuremberg / Twenty Kreuzer | *Reverse inscription translated: Sixty / In a Fine / Mark / Scholz Riedner Nuremberg / Twenty Kreuzer | ||
Revision as of 16:52, 22 November 2025
This specimen was in lot 759 (part of a large lot but only one imaged) in Künker auction 293 (Osnabrück, Jun 2017), where it and a 1755 10 kreuzer sold for €156 (about US$194 including buyer's fees). The catalog description noted,
"EICHSTÄTT. BISTUM. Johann Anton II. von Freyberg, 1736-1757. 10 Kreuzer (1/12 Taler) 1755, Nürnberg. Dazu: 20 Kreuzer 1765. 2 Stück. Sehr schön (Bishopric of Eichstatt, Johann Anton II of Strasoldo, 1736–57. ten kreuzer (Twelfth thaler) of 1755, Nuremberg mint. Also: 20 kreuzer 1765. Two pieces. Very fine.)"
Ruling Authorities
- Raimund Anton of Strasoldo, prince-bishop from 1757-1781.
Obverse
- Obverse description: Crowned arms in baroque frame with sword and crosier crossed behind with date below.
- Obverse inscription: RAI.ANT D.G.E.& P.E / 1765
- Obverse inscription unabridged: RAImundus ANTonius Dei Gratia Episcopus Et Princeps Eystettensis / 1765
- Obverse inscription translated: Raimund Anton, by the Grace of God, Bishop And Prince of Eichstätt / 1765
Reverse
- Reverse description: Three-line inscription of value in baroque frame, another value in cartouche as part of the frame below dividing mint master's and mint warden's initials from the mint mark above outside of the cartouche.
- Reverse inscription: LX. / EINE FEINE / MARK. / S.R. N. / XX.K.
- Reverse inscription unabridged: LX / EINE FEINE / MARK / Scholz Riedner Nürnberg / XX Kreuzer
- Reverse inscription translated: Sixty / In a Fine / Mark / Scholz Riedner Nuremberg / Twenty Kreuzer
Edge
- Edge description: Leafed.
Mintmarks
- N = Nuremberg
Mint Official Marks/Initials/Names
- S = Siegmund Scholz, mint warden at Nuremberg from 1760-1774.
- R = George Nicolaus Riedner, mint master at Nuremberg from 1764-1793.
Recorded mintage: Unknown.
Specification: 6.68 g, 0.583 fine silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 6.47 g.
Catalog reference: Cahn 138, KM-83.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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