Baden-Durlach 1735 30 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 1116 in Sincona sale 66 (Zürich, October 2020), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$263 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND | Baden-Durlach, Markgrafschaft. Karl Wilhelm, 1709-1738. 30 Kreuzer 1735, Durlach. Walzenprägung. Sehr schön. (Germany, margraviate of Baden-Durlach, Charles William, 1709-38, thirty kreuzer of 1735, Durlach mint, roller dies. Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1733-36 and was the only issue of the denomination. Half gulden were minted 1838-69. At this time, Baden, in the southwest of Germany, was a minor state subject to frequent French invasions and issued little coinage.
Recorded mintage: 446,000.
Specification: silver, this specimen 6.23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 69, Wielandt 643 a.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 66, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, featuring the Claude Stritt Collection, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2020.
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