Wurttemberg-Oels 1702-CVL thaler Dav-2877
This specimen was lot 4585 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €11,000 (about US$15,133 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG-OELS, HERZOGTUM Christian Ulrich, 1672-1704. Reichstaler 1702 CVL, Oels. WURT . T . I . S . O . B : - D . G . CHRIST . ULRDUX Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel und Feldherrnbinde//COMMONTB · DOM · I · HE · ID : STERNB : & MED : Behelmtes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Württemberg, Teck, Reichssturmfahne, Mömpelgard) mit Mittelschild (Oels), oben die geteilte Jahreszahl 17 - 02, unten die geteilte Signatur C · - V · L · (Münzwardein Christian von Loh). RR Prachtexemplar. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich +. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 72, Dortmund 2015, Nr. 1373 und der Slg. Annemarie und Gerd Köhlmoos, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 358, Osnabrück 2022, Nr. 261. (duchy of Württember-Oels, Christian Ulrich, 1672-1704, thaler of 1702, Oels mint. Obverse: draped and armored bust right with armband; reverse: helmeted and quartered arms of Württemberg, Teck, Reichssturmfahne, Mömpelgard with the escutcheon of Oels, date above, initials below. Very rare, choice example, handsome toning, extremely fine or better.)"
The dukes of Württemberg-Oels were a cadet branch of the dukes of Württemberg who set themselves up in Silesia (Oels is northeast of Breslau) in 1647 and ruled there until 1792. This is a rare one year type.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 27,48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 73, Dav-2877 (listed under Württemberg-Oels); F. u. S. 2426; Klein/Raff 89.
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- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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