Reuss-Obergreiz 1805 groschen
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This specimen was lot 4233 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €460 (about US$602 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REUSS, REUSS-OBERGREIZ, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1778 FÜRSTENTUM. Heinrich XIII. 1800-1817. Groschen 1805. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Herrliche Patina, fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, principality of Reuss-Obergreiz, Henry XIII, 1800-17, groschen of 1805. Scarce in this quality, cabinet piece, beautiful patina, about uncirculated.)"
This type was struck again in 1812.
Recorded mintage: 360,937.
Specification: 1.76 g, 0.368 fine silver, this specimen 1.96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 91, J. 35; Schmidt/Knab 267; AKS 6.
- 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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