Wurttemberg 1818-W 10 kreuzer

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Künker sale 335, lot 4523

This specimen was lot 4523 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €400 (about US$524 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Wilhelm I. 1816-1864. 10 Kreuzer 1818. Prachtexemplar. Feine Patina, fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Wurttemberg, William I, 1816-64, ten kreuzer of 1818. Cabinet piece, fine patina, about uncirculated.)"

This is the first ten kreuzer of the new king and is scarce despite the substantial mintage. The denomination was terminated in 1823.

Recorded mintage: 152,000.

Specification: 3.90 g, 0.500 fine silver, this specimen 3.77 g.

Catalog reference: KM 531, AKS 92; J. 34.

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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