Wurttemberg 1737-IFB 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 4472 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €11,000 (about US$14,395 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Karl Rudolf von Württemberg-Neuenstadt als Administrator und Vormund von Karl Eugen, 1737-1738. 1/2 Reichstaler 1737, Stuttgart. Geharnischtes Brustbild r.//Vierfeldiges Wappen mit württembergischem Mittelschild auf Hermelin, darüber Fürstenhut. RR Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, Charles Rudolf of Württemberg-Neuenstadt as administrator and regent for Charles Eugene, 1737-38, half thaler of 1737, Stuttgart mint. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: capped and quartered arms. Rare, cabinet piece, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This half thaler accompanied a thaler (Dav-2851), also rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14.51 g.
Catalog reference: KM 347, Klein/Raff 230.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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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