Nassau 1838 1/2 gulden
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This specimen was lot 4164 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €280 (about US$367 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NASSAU, NASSAU, HERZOGTUM. Wilhelm, 1816-1839. 1/2 Gulden 1838. Prachtexemplar. Herrliche Patina, fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Nassau, William, 1816-39, half gulden of 1838. Cabinet piece, beautiful patina, about uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1838-39. In the mid-nineteenth century, the half gulden was one seventh of a thaler. The duchy was annexed to Prussia in 1866 and her coinage ceased.
Recorded mintage: 108,400 for 1838-39.
Specification: 5.30 g, 0.900 fine silver, this specimen 5.31 g.
Catalog reference: KM 59, AKS 44; J. 43.
- 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, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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