Bavaria 1863 krone Fr-280

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Künker sale 264, lot 3608

This specimen was lot 3608 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €20,000 (about US$25,836 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"KÖNIGREICH Maximilian II. 1848-1864. Vereinskrone 1863. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Nur sehr wenige Exemplare geprägt. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Slg. Vogel, Teil 2, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 213, Osnabrück 2012, Nr. 4633. (kingdom of Bavaria, Maximilian II, 1848-64, gold union crown of 1863. Very rare, only a few struck, extremely fine to uncirculated. From Kunker sale 213, lot 4633.)"

In 1856, the ducat was dropped in favor of this gold krone issued 1857-64. The krone was also minted by Austria (KM 2253), Saxony (KM 1197), Hannover (KM 232), Prussia (Fr-2437) and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Fr-750) but does not seem to have been a success, as survivors are few. The krone was dropped in favor of the gold twenty mark after unification in 1871.

Recorded mintage: unknown but very few.

Specification: 11.11 g, .916 fine gold, this specimen 11.11 g.

Catalog reference: Divo/S. 37; Fr-280; Schl. 126, KM 854 (formerly KM 470).

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

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