Buchholz Mint
The 1505 under Elector Friedrich III. (1486–1525) established mint Buchholz was until the Wittenberg surrender in 1547 on Ernestine soil in the Erzgebirge mountain town of Buchholz . In 1553, under Elector Moritz (1541–1553, Elector since 1547), the mint was combined with the much more important Annaberg mint .
history
After taking office, Duke George the Bearded (1500–1539) initially minted in community with his cousins, Elector Friedrich III. and Duke Johann , in the mints Freiberg , Leipzig , Schneeberg , Annaberg and Buchholz (also called St. Katharinenberg in Buchholz), which was founded in 1501 by Friedrich III. was founded and belonged to the Ernestine part of Saxony.
The first Saxon large silver coins, the silver guilders , later known as Klappmützentaler , were minted from 1500 to 1525. Minting places were the mints Annaberg, Buchholz, Leipzig and possibly Wittenberg . In Buchholz they have probably been minted since the "Bergmünzstätte" was founded:
- 1505 jointly coined under Friedrich III., Georg and Johann (1500–1507) and
- with changed order of names under Friedrich III. Johann and Georg (1507–1525)
As a result of differences of opinion, from 1530 to the end of 1533 there was a separation between the Ernestine and Albertine minters Johann the Constant and George the Bearded, the so-called Saxon coin separation . The Buchholz mint was then closed from 1530 to 1533. The Zwickau Mint , temporarily reopened in 1530, minted from this time for Elector Johann (1525–1532) with a lighter coin rate , while Duke Georg minted AFTER THE OLD SCRAP AND KORN (quality designation on the reverse of Georg's coins) in the mints of Freiberg, Leipzig and Annaberg let. In 1534, the former coin community came into force again until 1547 under Elector Johann Friedrich [1532–1547– (1554)].
When the Ernestines lost their electoral dignity to the Albertines in 1547 after the battle of Mühlberg , Buchholz came to the new Elector Moritz, who in 1553 combined the Buchholzer Mint with the Annaberg Mint and only minted in his own name.
Location of the mint
According to August Schumann's State Lexicon (1827), the mint building was located on Buchholzer Markt:
- As far as the coin is concerned, […] it was […] moved by Moritz to Annaberg soon afterwards, and as early as August the local mint was donated to the governor Moritz am Steig, with the reservation that it could be relinquished himself when he came to Buchholz. The same was later a malt house, and was distinguished by its beauty; now there are only adventurous ruins left on the market. The slate roof of this building came on top of the Wolkenstein Castle .
The coins
The denominations of the Buchholz mint are double reichsthalers, double thalers, 1½ times thalers, thick thalers , thalers ( guldengroschen ), ½ thalers, ¼ thalers, Schreckenberger , groschen ( interest groschen ), three pfennig pieces (threes) and pennies . The Buchholz coin, which was made by Friedrich III. was probably built for prestige reasons, probably only produced an estimated 10% of the Annaberg mint.
Commonly minted thaler coins of the Wettins (examples):
Friedrich III the Wise and Johann (1486–1525), Dicktaler 1525, Buchholz Mint
Elector Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous and Duke Georg, Guldengroschen 1536, Buchholz Mint
See also: Zwitter coin / Buchholzer Taler with the year 1540
Mint master of the Buchholz mint
| Mint master | from | to | Mintmaster's mark | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andreas Funke | 1505 | 1529 | T | |
| Sebastian Funke | 1529 | 1551 | T | BVCH to identify the mint |
| 1529/30 | 1533/34 | closed | ||
| 1553 | moved to Annaberg |
The mint master's mark T was used in Buchholz until 1551 and in Schneeberg from 1535 to 1569 , which can lead to confusion of the mint.
See also
literature
- Walther Haupt: Saxon coinage. German Verl. D. Wiss., Berlin 1974.
- Paul Arnold: Walter Haupt and his "Sächsische Münzkunde" . In numismatic notebooks. No. 20, Dresden 1986.
- Julius Erbstein , Albert Erbstein : Discussions in the field of the Saxon coin and medal history when listing the Hofrath Engelhardt's collection. Dresden 1888.
- Heinz Fengler, Gerd Gierow, Willy Unger: transpress Lexicon Numismatics. transpress, Berlin 1976.
- Tristan Weber: The Saxon coinage from 1500 to 1571. H. Gietl, Regenstauf 2010, ISBN 978-3-86646-827-6 .
- Claus Keilitz: The Saxon Coins 1500–1547. H. Gietl, Regenstauf 2010, ISBN 978-3-86646-528-2 .
Web links
- Timeline of the history of the Saxon mining industry , based on Bachmann / Marx / Wächtler: Der silberne Boden , Leipzig, Stuttgart, 1990
- City and mining history of Annaberg-Buchholz, brief overview . Source: Günter Meier, Freiberg, on the creation of the “Im Gößner” visitor mine in Annaberg-Buchholz, Sächs. Heimatblätter 3/95, Bernd Lahl, Chemnitz, Die Geschichte des Annaberger Bergbau, Lapis, No. 12/92 ( Memento from May 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Arnold: Walther Haupt and his "Saxon Coin Studies" . In numismatic notebooks. No. 20, Dresden 1986, p. 56
- ↑ Buchholz . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 14th volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1827, p. 721.
- ↑ mcsearch.info: In it: Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, double Reichstaler 1539, Buchholz, on the redemption of the Burggrafschaft Magdeburg. Dav. 9724; Snow 89.
- ↑ mcsearch.info: Darin: John Frederick the Magnanimous, wide Doppeltaler 1534, Buchholz. Dav. 9723; Snow 83.
- ↑ mcsearch.info: In it: Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, 1½ times wide thaler 1539, Buchholz, on the redemption of the Burggrafschaft Magdeburg. Dav. 9725; Snow 87/90.
- ↑ Tristan Weber: The Saxon coinage from 1500 to 1571: A quantitative study, H. Gietel Verlag 2010, p. 22.