Bavaria 1766 4 groschen
This specimen was lot 3540 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €550 (about US$720 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian III. Joseph, 1745-1777. Maximilian III. Joseph, 1745-1777. 4 Groschen (12 Kreuzer) 1766, München. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich +. Exemplar der Auktion Heidelberger Münzhandlung, Herbert Grün 36, Heidelberg 2002, Nr. 5952. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph, 1745-77, four groschen or twelve kreuzer of 1766, Munich mint. Very scarce in this condition, light adjustment marks, extremely fine or better.)"
This type is listed in the SCWC for 1766-67 and is scarce. No ruler's name or country name appears on this coin.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 27 mm diameter, this specimen 4.37 g.
Catalog reference: KM 544, Hahn 297.
- 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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