Wurttemberg 1809-ILW 20 kreuzer

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Künker sale 335, lot 4511

This specimen was lot 4511 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €260 (about US$340 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Friedrich II. (I.), 1797-1806-1816. 20 Kreuzer 1809. Vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Wurttemberg, Frederick I, 1806-16, twenty kreuzer of 1809. Extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1807-10 and is rather expensive for a German minor. This type was accompanied by a three kreuzer (KM 500), six kreuzer (KM 495), ten kreuzer (KM 502) and a thaler (KM 504). The last twenty kreuzer was issued in 1823.

Recorded mintage: 120,225.

Specification: 6.68 g, 0.583 fine silver, 28 mm diameter, this specimen 6.63 g.

Catalog reference: KM 501, AKS 43; J. 11.

Source:

  • 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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