Oldenburg 1792 grote
This specimen was lot 11594 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Oldenburg, Grote, 1792. Altona Mint. Peter Friedrich Wilhelm. NGC AU-58. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." Wikipedia comments, "Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, on behalf of her son Paul of Russia, last of the Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp, ceded the lands of that duchy to Denmark. In exchange, Denmark ceded the Duchy of Oldenburg to the Prince Bishops of Lübeck, a cadet branch of the Dukes of Gottorp. Thus, Friederich August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince Bishop of Lübeck, became Duke of Oldenburg." This type was struck 1792 only. Peter Friedrich Wilhelm was duke 1784-1823, with interruptions while Napoleon incorporated his domain into the kingdom of Westphalia.
Recorded mintage: 72,000.
Specifications: 0.87 g, 0.250 fine silver, this specimen 0.80 g.
Catalog reference: KM-141; Trippler/Kalvelage-375; Merzdorf-263; Bruun-15146.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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