Bavaria 1702 15 kreuzer

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Künker sale 335, lot 3478

This specimen was lot 3478 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €80 (about US$105 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian II. Emanuel, 1679-1726. 15 Kreuzer (1/4 Gulden) 1702, München. Vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian II, 1679-1726, fifteen kreuzer or quarter gulden of 1702, Munich mint. Extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1696-1703. Varieties exist in the circle around the elector's bust; on some, the circle is solid; on others, the circle is beaded. Fifteen kreuzer = ¼ gulden = 1/6 thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 5.45 g.

Catalog reference: KM 369.2, Hahn 192.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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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