Wurttemberg 1807 6 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3551 in Künker sale 440 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €700 (about US$963 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH Friedrich II. (I.), 1797-1806-1816. 6 Kreuzer 1807. Rundes Wappen (Hirschstangen/Löwen). Mit KONIGL . WURT . SCHEIDEMUNZ · auf der Vorderseite. Feiner Stempelfehler, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 42, Dortmund 2007, Nr. 5157. (kingdom of Württemberg, Frederick I, 1806-16, six kreuzer of 1807. Obverse: "KONIGL . WURT . SCHEIDEMUNZ ·"; reverse: round arms with lion and antlers. Fine die cracks, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1806-14. One convention thaler was 120 kreuzer. Frederick, who ascended the throne of Württemberg as a duke, was promoted to king by Napoleon in 1806. He did quite well out of Napoleon's reorganization of Germany and found his realm doubled in size. A timely switching of sides allowed him to keep his gains at the Congress of Vienna.
Recorded mintage: 7,148,018.
Specification: 2.70 g, 0.333 fine silver, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 2,21 g.
Catalog reference: KM 495, AKS 51; J. 9; Klein/Raff 44.1 a.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [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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