4 Kreuzer / Batzen - John Eucharius Schenk
Features
| Issuer |
Bishopric of Eichstätt
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Prince-bishop |
John Eucharius Schenk of Castell (1685-1697)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1694 |
| Value | 4 Kreuzers (Batzen) (1⁄15) |
| Currency | Thaler |
| Composition | Silver |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 570183 |
| References | Cahn Ei# 116 Erich Bernhard Cahn; 1962. Die Münzen des Hochstifts Eichstätt / Volume 3. Hugo Geiger, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany. Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
Quartered arms flanked by palm branches, over crossed crozier and sword, topped with angel head with mitre.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
D.G.IO.EVCHARI.EPISCOP.EYSTETT.S.R.I.P. (116a)
or
D:G.IO.EUCHARI.EPISCOP.EYSTETT.S.R.I.P. (116b)
Unabridged legend: Dei gratia Iohann Eucharius Episcopus Eystettensis Sacri Romani Impierii Princeps
Translation: By God's grace John Eucharius, Bishop of Eichstatt and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
Reverse
Saint Willibald standing facing, nimbate and mitered, holding crozier and bible, oval shield with crozier at his feet dividing mintmaster initials, value beneath dividing legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
S.WILIBALD9 EPIS EYSTETTENS:1694 (116a)
or
S.WILIBALD.EPIS EYSTETTENS.1694. (116b)
GF N.
4
Unabridged legend:
Sanctus Wilibaldus Episcopus Eystettensis 1694
Georg Friedrich Nürnberg
4 (kreuzer)
Translation:
Saint WIllibald Bishop of Eichstatt
Georg Friedrich Nuremberg
4 (kreuzer)
Mint
Nuremberg, GermanyMark
| GFN | Georg Friedrich Nürnberger, Mint Master, Nuremberg (1677-1724) |
Comments
Two variants with different shield shapes are known:
Cahn 116a with round shield:
© Munzhandlung Raimund Raffler
Cahn 116b with oval shield (main photos)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1694 | GFN | Cahn Ei# 116aErich Bernhard Cahn; 1962. Die Münzen des Hochstifts Eichstätt / Volume 3. Hugo Geiger, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany. |
Round shield obverse | ||||||||||||
| 1694 | GFN | Cahn Ei# 116bErich Bernhard Cahn; 1962. Die Münzen des Hochstifts Eichstätt / Volume 3. Hugo Geiger, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany. |
Oval shield obverse | ||||||||||||
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