Bavaria 1860 gulden
This specimen was lot 22351 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $329. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Bavaria. Gulden, 1860. NGC MS-65. A beautiful gem of a coin. Delicate golden toning on most surfaces with glinting near prooflike luster beneath. A few trivial handling marks." This gulden is a common date of a type struck 1848-64. Smaller than a U.S. half dollar, the gulden cannot be included with the thalers. One of the results of unification was the termination of separate coinages for each of the independent states, including Bavaria. No gulden were struck after 1871. Bavaria issued coins using the united empire standard in the denominations of 2, 5, 10 and 20 mark during 1871-1918 until the empire collapsed at the end of World War One. King Maximilian II ruled 1848-64.
Recorded mintage: 451,701.
Specification: 10.6 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-826 (formerly KM 445).
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
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