Eichstatt 1694 2 kreuzer

Künker eLive Auction 78, lot 6854. Wavy base 2

Künker eLive Auction 78, lot 6855. Square base 2

The first specimen was lot 6854 in Künker eLive Auction 78 (Osnabrück, July 2023), where it sold for €114 (about US$134 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"EICHSTÄTT. BISTUM. Johann Eucharius von Castell, 1685-1697. 2 Kreuzer 1694, Nürnberg. R Kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich (Bishopric of Eichstatt, Johann Eucharius of Castell, 1685-1697. 2 Kreuzer of 1694, Nuremberg mint. Minor minting defects on the edge, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The second specimen specimen was lot 6855 in the same sale, where it sold for €156 (about US$183 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"EICHSTÄTT. BISTUM. Johann Eucharius von Castell, 1685-1697. 2 Kreuzer 1694, Nürnberg. R Sehr schön + (Bishopric of Eichstatt, Johann Eucharius of Castell, 1685-1697. 2 Kreuzer of 1694, Nuremberg mint. Rare, Very fine +.)"

The first specimen has a wavy base 2 and the second specimen has a straight base 2. The two kreuzer was worth half a batzen. The SCWC flipped the obverse and reverse images. The obverse has the arms and name of the bishop and the reverse has the name of the Holy Roman Emperor.

Ruling Authorities:

• Johann Eucharist of Castell, prince-bishop from 1685-1697.
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor from 1658-1705

Obverse:

• Obverse description: Five-fold coat of arms with crest of the bishopric in center mint official's mark of a cross at 12 o'clock position starting legend.
• Obverse inscription: ✠ D.G.IO.EVCHARI.EPIS.EYSTET.S.R.I.P.
• Obverse inscription unabridged: Dei Gratia IOhannes EVCHARIus EPIScopus EYSTETtensis Sacri Romani Imperii Princeps
• Obverse inscription translated: by the Grace of God, Johann Eucharius, Bishop of Eichstätt, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire

Reverse:

• Reverse description: Crowned double headed imperial eagle with value on breast, name and titles of Holy Roman emperor as legend with date at the end
• Reverse inscription: LEOPOLD.D.G.R.I.S.AVG.1694. / 2
• Reverse inscription unabridged: LEOPOLDus Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper AVGustus 1694 / 2
• Reverse inscription translated: Leopold, by the Grace of God, Emperor of the Romans, Always Sublime, 1694 / 2

Mint: Nuremberg; ✠ = Georg Friedrich, engraver and mintmaster at Nuremberg from 1682-1724.

Recorded mintage: 282,000.

Specification: silver, plain edge, struck using roller dies, the first specimen 0.83 g, the second specimen 0.95 g.

Catalog reference: Cahn 117a (wavy base 2) and 117b (straight base 2), KM-41.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

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