Wurttemberg 1727 5 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4466 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €320 (about US$419 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Eberhard Ludwig, 1693-1733. 5 Kreuzer 1727, Stuttgart. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, Eberhard Louis, 1693-1733, five kreuzer of 1727, Stuttgart mint. Cabinet piece, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1726-31 and is fairly affordable for an early Wurttemberg minor. It was accompanied by a one kreuzer (KM 306), 2½ kreuzer (KM 307, KM 308) and rare ten kreuzer (KM 310).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2.45 g.
Catalog reference: KM 309, Klein/Raff 66.1.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [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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