Wurttemberg 1872 kreuzer

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75061

This specimen was lot 75061 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Wurttemberg. Kreuzer, 1872. Stuttgart Mint. Karl I. NGC MS-66." This type was struck 1865-73, well after unification in 1871. It is common in all grades. One thaler was 120 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: 683,634.

Specification: 0.83 g, 0.166 fine silver, 14 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-612.

Sources:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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