Wurttemberg 1744-SS 1/4 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4477 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €650 (about US$851 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Karl Eugen, 1744-1793. 1/4 Reichstaler 1744, Stuttgart. R Fast sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, Charles Eugene, 1744-93, quarter thaler of 1744, Stuttgart mint. Scarce, about very fine.)"
Another rare Wurttemberg minor. It is accompanied a very expensive thaler (Dav-2857).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7.25 g, silver, this specimen 7.22 g.
Catalog reference: KM 374, Klein/Raff 265.
- 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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