Bavaria 1790 10 kreuzer KM-586
This specimen was lot 3579 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €260 (about US$340 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Karl Theodor, 1777-1799. 10 Kreuzer 1790, München, auf das Vikariat. RR Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Heidelberger Münzauktion, Herbert Grün 49, Heidelberg 2008, Nr. 1248. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Charles Theodore, 1777-99, ten kreuzer of 1790, for the vicariat, rare, extremely fine.)"
This ten kreuzer commemorates Karl Theodor's term as vicar of the empire after the death of emperor Joseph II. Unlike his ancestor Karl Albrecht, he made no attempt to seize the throne, which was essentially worthless anyway. Other 1790 vicariat coinage include a triple ducat (KM 599), a double ducat (KM 598), a ducat (KM 597), several thalers (KM 593, 594, 595), a half thaler (KM 590.1) and a twenty kreuzer (KM 588). Vicariat coinage was issued again on the death of Leopold II in 1792.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 3,90 g.
Catalog reference: KM 586, Hahn 356; Witt. 2398.
- 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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