Solms-Laubach 1769-WWE 30 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4294 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €180 (about US$236 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SOLMS-LAUBACH, GRAFSCHAFT, Christian August, 1738-1784. 30 Kreuzer (1/2 Gulden) 1769, Wertheim, auf die Geburt seines zweiten Enkels Friedrich Ludwig Christian am 29. August. Münzwardein Christian Franz Weber und Münzmeister Johann Christoph Eberhard. Haussammlung der Fürsten zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (Auktion Künker 212) 4219; Feine Tönung, sehr schön. (Germany, county of Solms-Laubach, Christian August, 1738-64, thrity kreuzer or half gulden of 1769, Wertheim mint, on the birth of his second grandson Friedrich Ludwig Christian on August 29th. Fine toning, very fine.)"
This commemorates the birth of a grandson. Thirty kreuzer was half a gulden or a quarter thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 6,91 g.
Catalog reference: KM 33, Joseph 455; Beck/Morschek 34.16.
- 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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