Bavaria 1746 30 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3537 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €160 (about US$209 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian III. Joseph, 1745-1777. 30 Kreuzer (1/2 Gulden) 1746, München. R Vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph, 1745-77, thirty kreuzer or half gulden of 1746, Munich mint. Rare, extremely fine.)"
This type, along with KM 507.1 of 1754-58, are the only thirty kreuzer of this reign. Both are noted as are. This specimen sold for one-tenth of the catalog value.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 28 mm diameter, this specimen 6.92 g.
Catalog reference: KM 487, Hahn 303; Witt. 2182.
- 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.
Link to: