Wurttemberg 1824-W 12 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4530 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €320 (about US$419 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Wilhelm I. 1816-1864. 12 Kreuzer 1824. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Wurttemberg, William I, 1816-64, twelve kreuzer of 1824. Cabinet piece, about uncirculated.)"
This twelve kreuzer or three batzen superseded the prior ten kreuzer and was sturck to the same module. Similarly, a 24 kreuzer replaced the twenty kreuzer. The experiment does not seem to have been a success, as it was not repeated.
Recorded mintage: 45,000.
Specification: 3.90 g, 0.500 fine silver, this specimen 3.91 g.
Catalog reference: KM 549, AKS 90; J. 45 a.
- 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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