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[[Image:Sayn-W-H K293-1320.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 293, lot 1320]]
 
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This specimen was lot 1320 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. Sehr schön +.'' ([[Germany]], county of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Gustav, 1657-1701, two-thirds thaler of 1676, unknown mint. Very fine or better)"</blockquote> The SCWC lists KM-51, -54, -A55, -57, -58, -61, -62, -63, [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-64|-64]], [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-65|-65]], -66, [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-67|-67]], -68, -69, -70, -78 and -79 for 1676, this one appears to be KM-79. 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.
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This specimen was lot 1320 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. Sehr schön +.'' ([[Germany]], county of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Gustav, 1657-1701, two-thirds thaler of 1676, unknown mint. Very fine or better)"</blockquote> The SCWC lists KM-51, -54, -A55, -57, -58, -61, -62, -63, [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-64|-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 -79 for 1676, this one appears to be KM-79. 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.
  
 
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* [[Sayn-Wittgenstein (1623-1626) goldgulden Fr-3054]]
 
* [[Sayn-Wittgenstein (1623-1626) goldgulden Fr-3054]]
* [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-64]]
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* [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-64]]
* [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-65]]
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* [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-65]]
* [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-67]]
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* [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1676 2/3 thaler KM-67]]
* [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein 1677 24 mariengroschen KM-42]]
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* [[Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein 1677 24 mariengroschen KM-42]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1676]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1676]]
 
* return to coins of [[German States, Cologne]]
 
* return to coins of [[German States, Cologne]]
  
 
[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 293, 294]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]]
 
[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 293, 294]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]]

Revision as of 17:31, 21 May 2023

Künker sale 293, lot 1320

This specimen was lot 1320 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. Sehr schön +. (Germany, county of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Gustav, 1657-1701, two-thirds thaler of 1676, unknown mint. 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-79. 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-917; M.-J./V. 297 a, KM 79.

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.
  • [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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