Baden 1816 6 kreuzer KM-168
This specimen was lot 2497 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "BADEN: Karl II Ludwig Friedrich, 1811-1818, AR 6 kreuzer, 1816, a wonderful example, PCGS graded MS64." This type was struck 1814-17 and is common in worn condition. The similar KM 170, with the denomination spelled "* 6 * KREU=ZER", was struck at the same time. Six kreuzer was 1/20 of a convention thaler. The grand dukes of Baden toadied up to Napoleon and were rewarded with large chunks of land along the Rhine, much of it former Austrian territory. They deftly switched sides during his collapse and were allowed to retain their gains at the Congress of Vienna. Karl died in 1818, aged 32 years.
Recorded mintage: 1,602,740, which probably includes KM 170.
Specification: 2.22 g, 0.375 fine silver, 20.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-168.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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