View source for Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 1767-LW kreuzer KM-59

[[Image:K386-05308.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 386, lot 5308]]
[[Image:Wertheim 1789.jpg|550px|thumb|Wertheim in 1789]]

This specimen was lot 5308 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €360 (about US$465 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''LÖWENSTEIN-WERTHEIM-ROCHEFORT, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1711 FÜRSTENTUM, Karl Thomas, 1735-1789. Ku.-1 Kreuzer 1767. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich.'' (county of [[German States, Lowenstein-Wertheim|Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort]], Charles Thomas, 1735-89, copper one kreuzer of 1767. Scarce in this quality, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1767-69 along with KM 58, which has a monogram on the obverse. The prince of this insignificant state, Dominik Constantin, found his territory mediatized in 1806 and partitioned between Baden and Bavaria.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' copper, this specimen 10.22 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 59, Wibel 271. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023. 

''Link to:''
* [[Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 1767-WEW thaler Dav-2402|1767-WEW]]
* [[Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 1767-ST WEW thaler Dav-2405B|1767-ST WEW thaler]]
* [[Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 1769-WEW thaler Dav-2408|1769 thaler]]
* [[Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 1799 kreuzer|1799 kreuzer]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1767]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 384, 385, 386]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]]