1491-1495
Frey catalogue #350 - #431
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Fritz Rudolf Künker Munzenhandlung  
Numismatik Lanz München

LHS-Numismatik
(formerly Leu)

  
Gorny & Mosch
Auctiones AG Basel (now part of Münzen & Medaillen GmbH)  
Münzen and Medaillen GmbH
Classical Numismatic Group  
 
 Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A. 
Dr. Busso Peus Nachf.  
Auktionshaus Meister and Sonntag
# ISSUER DATE DENOMINATION OBV. LEGEND REV. LEGEND IMAGE
350 Köln 1491 Goldgulden
23mm, 3.27g		 H' MAI' ARC-HIEPI' COL'  *MO AV'-*RENE*-*S'1491*  
351 Trier 1491 Goldgulden      
352 Mainz 1491 Goldgulden      
353 Aachen 1491 Groschen
25mm, 2.50g		 °AVE:REGIA:CELORV:MATER:REGIS:AGELO  VRBS:AQ-VENSIS:·:-REGNI:SE-CES:1491   
354 Aachen 1491 Groschen      
355 East Frisia 1491 Turnosegroschen (Krumsteert)      
356 Basel 1491 Goldgulden +FRIDRICVS:ROMANO:IMPDR' MONETA-BASILI'·1491 
Sold at Leu 92, $3830! 
357 Pomerania,
Damm		 1491 Schilling *BVGSLAVS·DVX·D·G·STETIN  MON-ETAV-OVAD-AM91   
358 Göttingen 1491 Körtling      
359 Nördlingen 1491 Goldgulden      
360 Hildesheim 1491 Groschen      
360a Hildesheim 1491 Half Groschen      
361 Franeker 1491 Florin d'or      
362 Groningen 1491 Jager      
362a Groningen 1491 Half Jager      
363 Groningen 1491 Liard      
364 Frankfurt am Maim 1491 Goldgulden      
365 Graz 1491 Kreuzer FR·R'*IMP*A*E*I*O*V  MON-NOV-STI-*91*   
366 Deutz 1491 Groschen      
367 Pomerania,
Damm		 1492 Schilling

+DVX·BVGSLAVS:STETTIN: 

Variant:
*BVGSLAVS·D·G·STETIN

MONE-TANO-VADH-AM92

Variant:
MONE-TANO-VADH-AM92  
 
368 Pomerania,
Garz		 1492 Schilling BVGSLAVS·DVX·D·G·STETIN MONE-TANO-VAGA-RE92 
369 Bern 1492 Dicken +:MONETA:NO:BERNENSIS°  °:S·VINCEN-NCIVS1492 
Sold at Leu 82, $3900
369a Bern 1492 Double Dicken +MONETA:NO:BERNENSIS:  °S·VINCEN-NCIVS1492 
An extremely rare coin, possibly unique, the double dicken looks to be struck from the same die as the quadruple goldgulden below. At a weight of over 18g, this is an example of a dickabschlag or "thick strike", in English called a piefort (or piedfort). The coin was up for auction at Leu 82 with a starting price of $12,000 but did not sell.
  Bern 1492 Quadruple
Goldgulden		 +MONETA:NO:BERNENSIS: °S·VINCEN-NCIVS1492
A very, very rare coin (possibly only two struck), this beautiful piece sold at Leu 82 for $16,800, this is an example of what in German is called a goldabschlag or "gold strike", in English an essai or pattern. While these coins may have circulated in a limited fashion, they were not ordinary pocket money. With a value of four goldgulden and a weight of 13.44g this is a large gold piece for the time.
370 Basel 1492 Goldgulden      
371 Aachen 1492 Groschen      
372 Stolberg 1492 Groschen      
372a Stolberg 1492 Half Groschen      
373 Palatinate 1492 Goldgulden PHS'CO*P*R-DVXBAVA  *MO'AV'-*RENE*-*S*1492* 
Sold at Lanz 124, $2000 
374 Palatinate 1492 Schilling

*PHIL'+CO+PAL+P...ELECT

Variant:
PHILI-C+P+P-ELEC' 

S+PET'+A-POSTOL'+1492 

Variant:
S+PET+A-POSTOL'+1..92

  
Sold at Lanz 124, $600
There are variants, including one with a 90° clockwise '4'. One is shown below that is not in Frey:

Sold at Lanz 124, $270
375 Mainz 1492 Goldgulden      
376 Mainz 1492 Half Groschen      
377 Pomerania 1492 Schilling      
378 Garz 1492 Schilling      
379 Hildesheim 1492 Groschen      
380 Franeker 1492 Florin d'or      
381 Nördlingen 1492 Goldgulden      
382 Saxony 1492 Groschen      
383 Saxony 1492 Half Schwertgroschen F·A·H·D·G·DVCS·SAX·TV·LA·MA·MS  GROSSVS·NOVVS·DVCVM·SAXON92   
384 Wesel 1492 Double Groschen IOHS.DVX.CLIVENS.Z.CO.MARK  MONE-NOVA-WESA-LIE:92   
385 Cleve 1492 Ort      
386 Neuss 1492 Double Groschen      
387 Brabant 1492 Double Briquet      
GH
98-1		 Brabant 1492 Briquet
28mm, 2.43g 		PHS+ARCHIDVX+AVSTRIE+BVR...+BRA+ BENEDICT+HEREDITATI+TVE+ANNO+DNI+1492
388 Groningen 1492 Jager      
389 Sneek 1492 Escalin      
390 Holland 1492 Briquet ..PHS+ARCHIDVX.....BVR+CO+HOL  +BENEDIC*HEREDITATI*....1492   
391 Gueldres 1492 Double Briquet +PHS:ARCHIDVC*AVSTRIE:BVR*Z*GEL  +SALVVM*PAC*POPVLVM*TVVM
*DOMINE*1492 		  
391a Gueldres 1492 Briquet +PHS:ARCHIDVX:AVSTRIE:BVR+Z+GEL  +BENEDIC:HEREDITATI+TVE+AN+1492   
391b Gueldres 1492 Sou      
392 Zwolle 1492 Stuyver      
393 Leeuwarden 1492 Gros      
394 Utrecht 1492 Gold Florin      
395 Utrecht 1492 Double Briquet      
396 Utrecht 1492 Briquet      
  Göttingen 1492 Körtling +MON...VA*GOTTING +ANO:DNI:M:CCCCXCII
397 Nördlingen 1493 Goldgulden      
398 Frankfurt am Maim 1493 Goldgulden MONE·NOVA-·FRANC·1493  +FRIDRICVS°ROMAN°IMPERA'   
399 Leeuwarden 1493 Gros      
400 Sneek 1493 Escalin      
401 Pomerania,
Damm		 1493 Schilling

*DVX·BVGSLAVS·STETTIN:

Variant:
*BVGSLAVS·D·G·DVX·STETIN

MONE-TA:NO-VA:D-AM93

Variant:
MONE-TA·NO-VA·DH-AM93 
 
402 Graz 1493 Kreuzer      
403 Bern 1493 Guldiner (No obv. legend)  SANCTVS*VIN-CENCIVS*1493 
This is Switzerland's first Thaler-sized coin to circulate although it is highly rare and seldom offered for sale. This piece was on auction at Leu 82 with a starting price of appx. $3000 but did not sell. There are modern restrikes of this popular design. 
404 Basel 1493 Goldgulden      
405 Mainz 1493 Schilling      
  Palatinate 1493 Goldgulden    
406 Palatinate 1493 Groschen      
407 Saxony 1493 Groschen      
408 Schwartzburg 1493 Groschen      
409 Schwartzburg 1493 Half Groschen      
410 Hildesheim 1493 Groschen      
411 Stolberg 1493 Groschen      
412 Köln 1493 Groschen (Raderalbus)      
413 Holland 1494 Briquet      
414 Bern 1494 Guldiner :SANCTVS*VIN-CENCIVS*1494  (No rev. legend) Sold at Hess-Divo 297 for $3640 
415 Pomerania,
Damm		 1494 Schilling *DVX·BVGSLAVS·STETTIN  MON-ETAN-OVA·D-AM94   
416 Frankfurt am Maim 1494 Goldgulden MO'°NO'°FR-ANCE°1494  +MAXIMILIANVS°ROMA°REX   
417 Nördlingen 1494 Goldgulden      
418* Liege (Hasselt) 1494 Briquet (Brule) MON'-FCA'-HAS'-1494 +IOHS'*EPS'*L-E-OD' DVX*B'*C'*L'

Photo and information courtesy of Don Dool
419 Hildesheim 1494 Groschen      
420 Utrecht 1494 Briquet      
421 Palatinate 1494 Groschen      
422 Erfurt 1494 Heller      
423 Württemberg 1494 Schilling
Palmbaumschilling 		EBERH+COM+&+WIRT+ZENIOR  +ATTE-MPTO+ 
This must certainly be the rarest of all possibly attainable early dated coins, the fantastic and unique (in public hands) Palmbaumschilling! The palm design is a tribute to the plant seen by Eberhard, ruler of Wurttemberg at the time, on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Only one other time in recent history has this coin been offered for sale, in 1903! Four others are known to exist in museums. Meister and Sonntag sold the coin shown above in October 2006, for €25,000 ($31,370) and is to my knowledge the highest price ever attained for an early dated coin.
424 Pomerania,
Damm		 1495 Schilling *BVGSLAVS·DVX·STETIN· MON-ETA·N-OVA·D-AM95   
425 Palatinate 1495 Schilling

Upper variant:
PHIL'+C-PAL'+P-RIN'+E+

Lower variant:
PHIL'+CO-PAL'+P-RI...E 

Upper variant:
S-PET'A-POS·14-95

Lower variant:
S-PET'+A+POS+149-5

  

Both sold at Lanz 124, upper $150, lower $350
There are other variants, including one with the medieval
426 Göttingen 1495 Körtling      
427 Mainz 1495 Schilling      
428 Frankfurt am Maim 1495 Goldgulden      
  Saxony 1495 Half
Schwertgroschen 		F·A·H·D·G·DVX·SAX·TV·L·MAR·MS GROSSVS·NOVVS·DVCVM·SAXONI·95
429 Basel 1495 Double Goldgulden      
430 Nördlingen 1495 Goldgulden MONETA:NOV-°NORDLI°1495  +MAXIMILIANVS°ROMAN°REX   
431 Hildesheim 1495 Groschen      

* I have some uncertainty as to whether the coin listed as Frey 418 is a briquet or rather a brulé as the photo shows. Frey lists his briquet as #423 in de Chestret's Numismatique de la Principauté de Liège and his description is clearly the coin shown above. However the brulé photo was sent with the same catalogue number in its description. I don't think the two denominations were equivalent but I could be mistaken.
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