Bavaria (1620) 24 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 22355 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $199.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Bavaria. 24 Kreuzer, ND (1620). Maximilian I (1598-1651). NGC MS-64. WINGS Approved. Sharply struck with attractive tone and strong underlying luster." The kipperzeit of 1618-23 saw the minor coinage of Germany inflated by about seven or eight to one as the princes of the empire geared up for the Thirty Years War. Some claim this inflationary period wreaked more havoc than the marching, looting and pillaging of the armies. The duke of Bavaria seems to have been an enthusiastic participant as we see kipper 24, 30, 60 and 120 kreuzer in the listings. The duke carefully did not tamper with the major coins, the thaler and the ducat, perhaps to avoid angering the wealthier classes who used those denominations.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, probably debased.
Catalog reference: KM-40; H-59; JB-829.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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- 1618 thaler, upright scepter
- 1618 thaler, tilted scepter
- 1618 double ducat
- Hohnstein 1620 12 kreuzer KM-17 "kipper"
- Bavaria 1620 thaler Dav-6064A
- (1621-23) kipper 48 kreuzer = 12 batzen
- 1621 kipper 120 kreuzer
- 1622 kipper 15 kreuzer = quarter gulden
- 1622 kipper 60 kreuzer
- 1622 kipper 120 kreuzer
- 1622 half thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1620
- return to coins of German States, Bavaria