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- ID: 133
Submitter: Jean-Luc
Added: 1997-11-19
OLMÜTZ, archbishopric.
Karl III, Duke of Lorraine, 1695-1711.
AV 5 ducats 1704.
Av.: Bust to r.
Rv.: Arms on the Cross of Malta, supported by two eagles, above, crown.
Ref.: cf. Friedberg 65.
BoC: 18/1, 1993, p. 22.
FAKE – This piece belongs to the workshop of Wentzlaff. He made this fake with a self-constructed roller machine. The dies were made by a galvanic process. Silver pieces in very good conditions served him as models. A list of known forgeries are published in the BoC 18/1,1993. Be aware, that some coins were also struck in different weights.
This piece appeared 1992 on the market. The Wentzlaff-dies were found, when the police raided the “mint”.