Bavaria 1766 3 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3547 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €70 (about US$92 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian III. Joseph, 1745-1777. 3 Kreuzer (Groschen) 1766, München. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Heidelberger Münzauktion, Herbert Grün 36, Heidelberg 2002, Nr. 5947. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph, 1745-77, three kreuzer or groschen of 1766, Munich mint. Extremely fine.)"
This three kreuzer was struck 1745-54, 1763-67 at Munich and 1763-67 at Amberg. It is common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 19 mm diameter, this specimen 1.33 g.
Catalog reference: KM 477, Hahn 292.
- 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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