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This specimen was lot 1317 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €120 (about US$162 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SAYN, SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-HOHENSTEIN, GRAFSCHAFT, Gustav, 1657-1701. 2/3 Taler 1676, unbestimmte Münzstätte. Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +. Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 20, Osnabrück 1991, Nr. 3234.'' ([[Germany]], county of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Gustav, 1657-1701, two-thirds thaler of 1676, unknown mint. Rim crack, very fine or better.)"</blockquote> The SCWC lists KM-51, -54, -A55, -57, -58, -61, -62, -63, -64, [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-65|-65]], -66, [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-67|-67]], -68, -69, -70, -78 and [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-79|-79]] for 1676, this one appears to be KM-64. This denomination was struck 1673-91 only. The county of Sayn was a very small state between the archbishopric of Cologne and the duchy of Nassau and this is the most available denomination.
 
This specimen was lot 1317 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €120 (about US$162 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SAYN, SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-HOHENSTEIN, GRAFSCHAFT, Gustav, 1657-1701. 2/3 Taler 1676, unbestimmte Münzstätte. Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +. Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 20, Osnabrück 1991, Nr. 3234.'' ([[Germany]], county of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Gustav, 1657-1701, two-thirds thaler of 1676, unknown mint. Rim crack, very fine or better.)"</blockquote> The SCWC lists KM-51, -54, -A55, -57, -58, -61, -62, -63, -64, [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-65|-65]], -66, [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-67|-67]], -68, -69, -70, -78 and [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-79|-79]] for 1676, this one appears to be KM-64. This denomination was struck 1673-91 only. The county of Sayn was a very small state between the archbishopric of Cologne and the duchy of Nassau and this is the most available denomination.

Latest revision as of 18:11, 15 February 2024

Künker sale 293, lot 1317
Sayn and Wittgenstein in 1789

This specimen was lot 1317 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €120 (about US$162 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SAYN, SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-HOHENSTEIN, GRAFSCHAFT, Gustav, 1657-1701. 2/3 Taler 1676, unbestimmte Münzstätte. Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +. Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 20, Osnabrück 1991, Nr. 3234. (Germany, county of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Gustav, 1657-1701, two-thirds thaler of 1676, unknown mint. Rim crack, very fine or better.)"

The SCWC lists KM-51, -54, -A55, -57, -58, -61, -62, -63, -64, -65, -66, -67, -68, -69, -70, -78 and -79 for 1676, this one appears to be KM-64. This denomination was struck 1673-91 only. The county of Sayn was a very small state between the archbishopric of Cologne and the duchy of Nassau and this is the most available denomination.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-916; M.-J./V. 278, KM 64.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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