Bavaria 1698 3 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3481 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €120 (about US$157 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian II. Emanuel, 1679-1726. 3 Kreuzer (Groschen) 1698, München. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Heidelberger Münzhandlung, Herbert Grün 36, Heidelberg 2002, Nr. 5382. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian II, 1679-1726, three kreuzer or groschen of 1698, Munich mint. Extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1695-98. It was the smallest silver denomination.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 1.48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 367, Hahn 189; Witt. 1686.
- 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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