Bavaria 1744 6 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3507 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €110 (about US$144 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Karl Albert, 1726-1745. 6 Kreuzer 1744, München. Prägung als Kaiser Karl VII. Vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Charles Albert, 1726-45, six kreuzer of 1744, Munich mint, struck with his title as emperor Charles VII. Extremely fine.)"
On the death of emperor Charles VI in 1740, the elector of Bavaria made a bid for the imperial throne with French and Prussian support, launching the War of the Austrian Succession. Frederick the Great of Prussia used it as a pretext to invade and annex Silesia. Eventually, the Austrian army occupied and devastated Bavaria, forcing the elector into exile and surrendering his claim to Francis of Lorraine, who married Maria Theresia. This six kreuzer was struck 1742-45.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 22.5 mm diameter, this specimen 3.23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 462, Hahn 276.
- 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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