Wurttemberg 1634 2 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 4448 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €180 (about US$236 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Eberhard III. 1633-1674. 2 Kreuzer 1634. Winz. Zainende, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, Eberhard III, 1633-74, double kreuzer of 1634, minor clip, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
According to the SCWC, this type was struck 1633-34, 1639-41, 1661, 1665, 1668, all with mintmark "S". We don't see any mintmark on this example.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 1.42 g.
Catalog reference: KM 195, Klein/Raff 576.
- 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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