Baden 1852 1/2 kreuzer

Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72169

This specimen was lot 72169 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Baden. 1/2 Kreuzer, 1852. Karlsruhe Mint. Leopold I. NGC MS-67 Brown. A Superb-Gem through and through, this example demonstrates strong eye appeal and much charm." The grand duke minted this type in 1842-52. The last gulden (sixty kreuzer) was struck in 1867 and the last half kreuzer was struck in 1871, the year of unification.

Recorded mintage: 227,020.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-213.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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