Wurzburg 1696 1/4 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4579 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,440 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRZBURG, BISTUM. Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg, 1684-1698. 1/4 Reichstaler 1696, Würzburg. Schöne Patina, vorzüglich. (Germany, bishopric of Wurzburg, John Gottfried of Guttenberg, 1684-98, quarter thaler of 1696, Wurzburg mint. Nice patina, extremely fine.)"
This one year type is scarce. Wurzburger coinage does not become plentiful until the eighteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7.28 g.
Catalog reference: KM 208, Helmschrott 452.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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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