Bavaria 1798 6 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 3571 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €80 (about US$105 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Karl Theodor, 1777-1799. 6 Kreuzer 1798, München. Vorzüglich +. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Charles Theodore, 1777-99, six kreuzer of 1798, Munich mint. Extremely fine or better)"
This billon type is listed for 1794-98. Altho it has a face value of 1/15 of a thaler, it has only 1/26 of the amount of silver.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.70 g, 0.333 fine silver, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 2.74 g.
Catalog reference: KM 622, Hahn 340; Witt. 2374.
- 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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