Wurttemberg 1870 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 74793 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $60. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Wurttemberg. Kreuzer, 1870. Karl I. NGC MS-67. Bright and brilliant argent with a hint of russet blushing in the reverse fields. Effectively produced and preserved, this piece boasts everything one would expect from a Superb Gem. To boot, it is tied for finest with just one other example in the NGC census." This type was struck 1865-73, well after unification in 1871. It is common in all grades. One thaler was 120 kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: 126,000.
Specification: 0.83 g, 0.166 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-612.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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