Bavaria (1621-23) 48 kreuzer

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Künker sale 335, lot 3402

This specimen was lot 3402 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,440 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian I. 1598-1651. Kipper-48 Kreuzer (Zwölfbätzner) o. J. (1621-1623), München. R Zainende, vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Bavaria, Maximilian I, 1598-1651, undated kipper 48 kreuzer (12 batzen), Munich mint. Clipped, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1621-23 and is fairly scarce. It was probably made in substantial quantities but was melted down in the aftermath of the kipperzeit, or the inflation of 1621-23.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 10.5-13.5 g, silver, 35 mm diameter, this specimen 11.84 g.

Catalog reference: KM 65.1 or 65.2, Hahn 74; Slg. Kraaz 133.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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