Wurttemberg 1732 1/4 carolin Fr-3586
This specimen was lot 6629 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,832 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, Eberhard Ludwig, 1693-1733. 1/4 Karolin 1732, Stuttgart. GOLD. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, Eberhard Louis, 1693-1733, quarter carolin d'or of 1732, Stuttgart mint. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
The carolin d'or, introduced in the 1730's along with the Bavarian maximilian d'or, established the vogue for self-titled gold coins inspired by the French louis d'or. The duke of Wurttemberg also issued half (Fr-3285) and quarter carolins (shown here, struck 1732-33). Enough have survived that collectively they are the most common Wurttemberger gold coin of the eighteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.43 g, 0.770 fine gold, this specimen 2.43 g.
Catalog reference: KM 320, Fr-3586; Klein/Raff 28.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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- 1728 thaler
- 1732 30 kreuzer = ½ gulden
- 1732 half carolin d'or
- 1732 carolin d'or
- Bavaria 1732 carolin Fr-232 draped bust
- (1733) ducat
- 1733 quarter carolin
- Hesse-Darmstadt 1733-G K carolin Fr-1208
- Pfalz 1733 carolin Fr-2029
- 1734-S 30 kreuzer = ½ gulden
- 1734-M carolin d'or
- 1735-FB half carolin d'or
- 1735-S carolin d'or
- 1736 quarter carolin d'or
- Coins and currency dated 1732