Wurttemberg 1623 1/2 thaler KM-139
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This specimen was lot 4441 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €10,000 (about US$13,086 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Johann Friedrich, 1608-1628. 1/2 Reichstaler 1623, Christophstal. Von großer Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, John Frederick, 1608-28, half thaler of 1623. Very rare, handsome patina, very fine.)"
This rare half thaler was struck 1623-24. It has a heart shaped shield on the reverse; KM 138, struck at the same time, had round arms.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 15.08 g.
Catalog reference: KM 139, Klein/Raff 340.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]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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