Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-64

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Künker sale 293, lot 1317
Sayn and Wittgenstein in 1789

This specimen was lot 1317 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €120 (about US$162 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SAYN, SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-HOHENSTEIN, GRAFSCHAFT, Gustav, 1657-1701. 2/3 Taler 1676, unbestimmte Münzstätte. Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +. Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 20, Osnabrück 1991, Nr. 3234. (Germany, county of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Gustav, 1657-1701, two-thirds thaler of 1676, unknown mint. Rim crack, very fine or better.)"

The SCWC lists KM-51, -54, -A55, -57, -58, -61, -62, -63, -64, -65, -66, -67, -68, -69, -70, -78 and -79 for 1676, this one appears to be KM-64. This denomination was struck 1673-91 only. The county of Sayn was a very small state between the archbishopric of Cologne and the duchy of Nassau and this is the most available denomination.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-916; M.-J./V. 278, KM 64.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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