Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1857-B krone Fr-750
This specimen was lot 1864 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$4,175 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL, Wilhelm, 1831-1884. Vereinskrone 1857, B. GOLD. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Winz. Randfehler, kl. Kratzer, fast vorzüglich. Jaeger bezeichnet das vorliegende Stück mit dem Jahrgang 1857 als Probe. Diese Münze unterscheidet sich jedoch nicht von den Jahrgängen 1858 und 1859. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, William I, 1831-84, union crown of 1857, very rare date, minor rim nick, light scratch, about extremely fine. Jaeger notes that this is a pattern for the kronen issued in 1858-59.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.10 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 11.11 g.
Catalog reference: KM Pn53 (pattern for KM 1153), Divo/S. 69; Fr-750; Schl. 224.
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- 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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