Wurttemberg 1799 3 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3507 in Künker sale 440 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €420 (about US$578 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH Friedrich II. (I.), 1797-1806-1816. 3 Kreuzer 1799, Stuttgart. Mit Monogramm F . II . und die Wertzahl 3 in punktierter ovaler Einfassung, die Rückseite mit spatenblattförmigem Schild. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, fast Stempelglanz. Erworben im Juni 1990 aus dem Lager der BW-Bank, Stuttgart. (duchy of Württemberg, Frederick II, 1797-1816, three kreuzer of 1799, Stuttgart mint, with monogram "F . II ." and value in oval cartouche, reverse with pointed shield. Rare in this quality, minor planchet defects, about uncirculated.)"
This scarce type was struck 1799 only. One convention thaler was 120 kreuzer. Frederick's support of Napoleon was rewarded with promotion from duke to king in 1806, along with a substantial addition of territory as mediatization swept away the free cities and ecclesiastical states.
Recorded mintage: 388,631.
Specification: 1.35 g, 0.333 fine silver, this specimen 1,52 g.
Catalog reference: KM 468, AKS 10; Klein/Raff 10.1.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 440: Württemberg Coin History | The Heinz-Falk Gaiser Collection, Part 3 | The Duchy, Electorate, and Kingdom of Württemberg (1797-1918), Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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