Passau 1694-MF 2 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 653 in Künker Auction 424 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €100 (about US$142 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · PASSAU, BISTUM Johann Philipp von Lamberg, 1689-1712. 2 Kreuzer (1/2 Batzen) 1694, Regensburg. Sehr schön. (Germany, John Philip of Lamberg, 1689-1712, two kreuzer or half batzen of 1694, Regensburg mint.)"
This type was also struck in 1699. By this time, two kreuzer made 1/45 of a thaler. John Philip (1651-1712) was promoted to cardinal in 1700 and finished the St. Stephens cathedral in the town. The bishopric of Passau was annexed to Bavaria in 1803 and 1805.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver or billon, this specimen 1,53 g.
Catalog reference: KM 30, Kellner 150.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 424: Münster, Osnabrück, and the Peace of Westphalia | The Fuggers, Leuchtenberg, and Passau | The Collection of a German Manufacturer and History Enthusiast, Part 3, e.g., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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