Wurttemberg 1740-IT 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 4475 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,701 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Karl Friedrich von Württemberg-Oels als Administrator und Vormund von Karl Eugen, 1738-1744. 1/2 Reichstaler 1740, Stuttgart. Ausbeute der Grube St. Christophstal. R Min. überarbeitet, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, Frederick of Württemberg-Oels as administrator and regent for Charles Eugene, 1738-44, half thaler of 1740, Stuttgart mint, for the St. Christopher mine. Scarce, light tooling, very fine.)"
This issue accompanied a very rare thaler (Dav-2855).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14,73 g.
Catalog reference: KM 367, Klein/Raff 242; Müseler 77/7.
- 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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