Bavaria 1868 gulden
This specimen was lot 4063 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,513 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH Ludwig II., 1864-1886. Gulden 1868. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung Jürgen und Erika Schmidt, Bovenden. (kingdom of Bavaria, Louis II, 1864-86, gulden of 1868. Very rare in this quality, choice example, uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1866-71 for Ludwig II, he of the famous fairyland castles. It was the last gulden before unification.
Recorded mintage: 122,069.
Specification: 10.6 g, 0.900 fine silver, this specimen 10,60 g.
Catalog reference: KM 884, AKS 178; J. 103.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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