Lauenburg 1830-FF 2/3 thaler
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This specimen was lot 965 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €200 (about US$270 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LAUENBURG, HERZOGTUM, Friedrich VI. von Dänemark, 1806-1839. 2/3 Taler 1830. Fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. (Germany, duchy of Lauenburg, Frederick VI of Denmark, 1806-39, 2/3 thaler of 1830, about extremely fine.)"
This scarce issue is priced even higher as it is the only issue of this state while it was under Danish rule 1814-64. It thereafter passed to Prussia and remains part of Germany.
Recorded mintage: 4,000.
Specification: 17.32 g, 0.750 fine silver.
Catalog reference: AKS 1; J. 14, KM 25.
- 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, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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