Wurttemberg 1805-ILW 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 4502 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,094 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Friedrich II. (I.), 1797-1806-1816. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1805. R Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich/vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Wurttemberg, Frederick II, 1797-1816, half convention thaler of 1805. Scarce, handsome patina, about extremely fine.)"
The duke of Württemberg was promoted by Napoleon to elector in 1803 and then king in 1806, which title he held until the German empire collapsed after World War One. Napoleon also doubled the duke's territory.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 13.93 g.
Catalog reference: KM 490, AKS 19.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [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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