Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 1799 kreuzer

Stephen Album sale 32, lot 1182

This specimen was lot 1182 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $141. The catalog description^[1] noted, "LöWENSTEIN-WERTHEIM-ROCHEFORT: AR kreuzer, 1799, PCGS graded MS64, ex Don Erickson Collection." This type is listed in the SCWC for 1801-06. The prince of this insignificant German state, Dominik Constantin, found his territory mediatized in 1806 and partitioned between Baden and Bavaria.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, fineness unknown.

Catalog reference: Wiebel-391, KM-26 (unlisted date).

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

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