Wurzburg 1795 schilling KM-443

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from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, part of lot 22681
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This specimen was part of lot 22681 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), which sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Octet of Silver Minors (8 Pieces), 1530-1861. All NGC Certified. ...7) Wurzburg 1795 Schilling, bishop Georg Karl, MS-63. ...A good mix of types that mostly would have circulated in Silesia and western POLAND." Wurzburg was mediatized and annexed to Bavaria in 1803. Two different schillings were struck in 1795: KM 438, for Franz Ludwig (1779-95) and KM 443, for Georg Karl (1795-1802). Both are common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: KM-443.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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