Schwarzenberg 1783-VF 20 kreuzer

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from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 22390
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Künker sale 335, lot 4396

The first specimen was lot 22390 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $564. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Schwarzenberg. 20 Kreuzer, 1783-VF. Johann (1782-89). NGC MS-65. Crisply struck with sharp lettering and full detail. Flashing fully lustrous surfaces which are graced with golden orange toning on the obverse with some faint blue highlights near the devices. The reverse is more deeply toned but the luster is nevertheless unrestrained. A very choice coin worthy of close attention." The second specimen was lot 4396 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €400 (about US$523 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"SCHWARZENBERG, FÜRSTEN. Johann Nepomuk, 1782-1789. 20 Kreuzer 1783, Wien. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung Dr. Karl Walter Bach, München. (principality of Schwarzenberg, John Nepomuk, 1782-89, twenty kreuzer of 1783, Vienna mint. Rare in this quality, cabinet piece, about uncirculated.)"

Schwarzenberg was wedged between Wurzburg and Bayreuth and passed to Bavaria in 1806. This is the only twenty kreuzer listed for the principality during the eighteenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown but somewhat scarce.

Specification: silver, the second specimen 6.67 g.

Catalog reference: KM-64, Tannich 47.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2015.
  • [2]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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