Wurttemberg 1758 15 kreuzer

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 56597

This specimen was lot 56597 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $140. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Wurttemberg. 15 Kreuzer, 1758. Karl Eugen. NGC MS-61." This type was struck 1746-50 and 1758-60. Under the reichsthaler standard, fifteen kreuzer was one sixth thaler or one quarter gulden. Under the convention standard adopted in the mid-eighteenth century, this coin would have been one quarter gulden or one eighth thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: silver or billon.

Catalog reference: KM-388.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1758 1/6 thaler
• 1758-R 1/6 thaler, monogram obverse
• 1759-R thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1758