Wurttemberg 1623 60 kreuzer KM-99
This specimen was lot 4442 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €220 (about US$288 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Johann Friedrich, 1608-1628. Kipper-Gulden (60 Kreuzer) 1623, Stuttgart-Berg. Hirschgulden. Leichte Prägeschwäche, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, John Frederick, 1608-28, kipper gulden of 1623, Stuttgart mint. Weakly struck, very fine.)"
The duke seems to have been an enthusiastic issuer of kipper coinage (debased and light weight) as many types fill the coin catalog. This kipper "deer" gulden was struck 1622-23 along with KM 129 with squared arms. It weighs about half of what a gulden (two-thirds thaler) should weigh.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 9.45 g.
Catalog reference: KM 99, Klein/Raff 391.
- 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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