Bavaria 1508-S 1/2 batzen

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Künker sale 335, lot 3376

This specimen was lot 3376 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €360 (about US$471 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Wilhelm IV. unter Vormundschaft, 1508-1511. 1/2 Batzen 1508, Straubing. Kl. Prägeschwäche am Rand, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 108, Osnabrück 2006, Nr. 24. (Germany, duchy of Bavaria, William IV under regency, 1508-11, half batzen of 1508, Straubing mint. Weakly struck, very fine.)"

Half a batzen was two kreuzer. At the time, sixty kreuzer = one thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 1.87 g.

Catalog reference: Hahn 16; Witt. 227 d.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [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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