Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2019 ANA - Sess. A-C 14 & 16 Aug 2019
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The abbeys of Werden and Helmstedt were founded by Bishop Ludger of Munster around the year 800. After nearly two hundred years of establishment, Emperor Otto II granted the abbeys coining right in 974, but it wasn't until the 11th century that the first known coins from the monasteries were actually produced. From the 16th century through the 18th century, issues became somewhat regular albeit small, with 1765 (this type) marking their final output. Less than 50 years later, in 1803, the abbeys' combined grounds, which amounted to 50 square miles, were secularized and annexed by Prussia.
From the Linda Collection.
Estimate: $4000.00- $5000.00