Isenburg 1811 12 kreuzer

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from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 22379
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This specimen was lot 22379 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $705. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Isenburg. 12 Kreuzer, 1811. NGC MS-63. Sharply struck, nicely toned with strong underlying luster and quite attractive." The prince also struck thalers, ducats, double ducats and 6 kreuzers in 1811, also scarce. A Napoleonic toady, the prince was dispossessed of his lands at the Congress of Vienna.

Recorded mintage: 500.

Specification: silver, probably debased.

Catalog reference: KM-47.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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