Bavaria 1724 3 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3483 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €45 (about US$59 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) 1724, München. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Heidelberger Münzhandlung, Herbert Grün 36, Heidelberg 2002, Nr. 5524. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian II, 1679-1726, three kreuzer or groschen of 1724, Munich mint. Extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1715-26 and is common. Many examples are curled from the use of roller dies, popular in central Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 1.58 g.
Catalog reference: KM 383, Hahn 190.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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