Pfalz 1789-AS 5 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4933 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €140 (about US$181 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Karl Theodor, 1777-1799. 5 Kreuzer (Sechser) 1789, Mannheim, für die Rheinpfalz. Kl. Stempelfehler, vorzüglich. (electorate of Bavaria, Charles Theodore, 1777-99, five kreuzer of 1789, Mannheim mint, for the Palatinate. Die defects, extremely fine.)"
Karl Theodor was Count Palatine from 1742 and elector of Bavaria from 1777, uniting the Wittelsbachs lines. This type was struck 1780-85, 1788-89, 1794-98 for the Palatinate. The Pfalz, or Palatinate, was occupied and annexed to France in 1799 and was not returned to Bavaria until the Congress of Vienna. The Electorate was abolished and Pfalz was merely another province of Bavaria, whose ruler was promoted to king.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2,26 g.
Catalog reference: KM 460, Hahn 389; Haas 342.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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