Wurttemberg 1790-FH CH 10 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4489 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €700 (about US$916 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Karl Eugen, 1744-1793. 10 Kreuzer 1790, Stuttgart. R Hübsche Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, Charles Eugene, 1744-93, ten kreuzer of 1790, Stuttgart mint. Scarce, handsome patina, minor planchet flaws, extremely fine.)"
Ten kreuzer = 1/12 of a thaler. Wikipedia comments, "Hermann Sacher, writing in the Catholic Encyclopedia called Charles Eugene 'a despot, spendthrift, and profligate'. Charles Eugene ruled until his death in 1793, when he was succeeded by his younger brother. He died in Hohenheim." He had children by at least seven different mistresses.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 3.87 g.
Catalog reference: KM 446, Klein/Raff 404.1.
- 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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