Pfalz 1802 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3602 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €400 (about US$524 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian I. (IV.) Joseph, 1799-1806-1825. Kreuzer 1802, für die Rheinpfalz. Variante ohne "FE" auf der Vorderseite und mit "KREUZ" auf der Rückseite. RR Sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian Joseph, 1799-1825, kreuzer of 1802, for the Palatinate. Variety without "FE" on the obverse and with "KREUZ" on the reverse. Rare, very fine.)"
Maximilian Joseph reunited the two branches of the Wittelsbachs, the dukes of Bavaria and the counts of the Palatinate, after being divided for centuries. The Palatinate was seized and partitioned between France and Baden in 1795 (western part) and 1803 (eastern part) and Bavaria received only part of it back by the Congress of Vienna. This is just about the last coin struck specifically for the Palatinate.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 0,80 g.
Catalog reference: KM 495 (listed under Pfalz), AKS 25 Anm.
- 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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