Westphalia 1810-B 24 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 5471 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €460 (about US$595 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WESTPHALEN, KÖNIGREICH, Hieronymus Napoleon, 1807-1813. 2/3 Taler (24 Mariengroschen) 1810, B. Variante ohne Punkt nach FUS.Prachtexemplar. Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, fast Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung Siegfried von Schuckmann. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 335, Osnabrück 2020, Nr. 4430. (kingdom of Westphalia, Jerome Napoleon, 1807-13, two-thirds thaler of 1810, variety without dot after "FUS". Outstanding example, minor planchet defects, about uncirculated.)"
This one year type is somewhat scarce. This Napoleonic puppet state, formed out of provinces mulcted from Hannover and Prussia, was restored to its former lords at the Congress of Vienna.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 17.32 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 17.15 g.
Catalog reference: KM 110, AKS 12 Anm.; J. 22 Anm.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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