Bavaria 1745 6 kreuzer KM-479
This specimen was lot 3545 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €80 (about US$105 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian III. Joseph, 1745-1777. 6 Kreuzer 1745, München. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. 258, München 2008, Nr. 3045. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph, 1745-77, six kreuzer of 1745, Munich mint, extremely fine.)"
Two different six kreuzer were issued for Maximilian's first year of rule; this one, issued 1745-52 and 1766-67, and KM 478, issued for his term as vicar of the empire. This type is common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 3.06 g.
Catalog reference: KM 479, Hahn 293.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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