Wurttemberg 1746 6 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4478 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,570 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Karl Eugen, 1744-1793. 6 Kreuzer 1746, Stuttgart. Prachtexemplar. Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, Charles Eugene, 1744-93, six kreuzer of 1746, Stuttgart mint. Cabinet piece, uncirculated.)"
We note three different six kreuzer struck in 1746: KM 383, plain arms; KM 384, quartered arms; and KM 385, bust obverse, struck 1746-50. The last is what is shown here, the others are much rarer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2.80 g.
Catalog reference: KM 385, Klein/Raff 292 b.
- 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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