Nassau 1818 6 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 2252 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "NASSAU: Duke Wilhelm, 1816-1839, BI 6 kreuzer, 1818, lustrous, NGC graded MS63." This state, formed in 1816 by the union of Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Weilburg, struck six kreuzer 1817-55. This type is noted for 1817-19 only. In 1866, the duchy was swallowed up by Prussia and the coinage ended, tho one branch of the family now occupies the throne of the Netherlands.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rather scarce.
Specification: 1.54-2.18 g, .375 fine silver, 20-21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-46.1.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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