Wurttemberg 1805-ILW 20 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4505 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,112 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Friedrich II. (I.), 1797-1806-1816. 20 Kreuzer 1805. Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Feine Patina, min. justiert, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, electorate of Wurttemberg, Frederick II, 1797-1816, twenty kreuzer of 1805, very rare in this condition, fine patina, minor adjustment marks, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type, along with a three, six and ten kreuzer, were struck in 1805 just prior to the duke's promotion to king.
Recorded mintage: 14,910.
Specification: 6.68 g, 0.583 fine silver, this specimen 6.68 g.
Catalog reference: KM 489, AKS 20.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [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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