Bavaria 1691 15 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 567 in Sincona sale 89 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$132 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND Bayern, Herzogtum, seit 1623 Kurfürstentum, Maximilian II. Emanuel, 1679-1726. 15 Kreuzer (1/4 Gulden) 1693, München. Vorzüglich-FDC. Exemplar der Auktion Bankhaus Aufhäuser 5, München, Oktober 1988, Los 1442. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian II Emanuel, 1679-1726, fifteen kreuzer or quarter gulden of 1693, Munich mint. Extremely fine-uncirculated.)"
This type of 1691-92 comes with or without engraver's initials "CZ". The fifteen kreuzer was worth a quarter gulden or one-sixth thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 5.86 g.
Catalog reference: KM 353.1 (formerly KM 118), Hahn 191.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 89, The Garrulus Collection of Numismatic Rarities and Masterpieces, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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