Bavaria 1622 15 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3407 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €85 (about US$111 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian I. 1598-1651. Kipper-15 Kreuzer (1/4 Gulden) 1622, München. RR Fast sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Bavaria, Maximilian I, 1598-1651, kipper fifteen kreuzer (quarter gulden) of 1622, Munich mint. Rare, about very fine.)"
This type was struck 1622 only. 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.
Specification: silver, 27 mm diameter, this specimen 1.92 g.
Catalog reference: KM 86, Hahn 71; Slg. Kraaz -; Witt. 852 d.
- 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.
Link to:
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