Wurttemberg 1818-W 20 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 4522 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €420 (about US$550 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Wilhelm I. 1816-1864. 20 Kreuzer 1818. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Wurttemberg, William I, 1816-64, twenty kreuzer of 1818. Cabinet piece, about uncirculated.)"
This is the first twenty kreuzer of the new king and is scarce despite the substantial mintage. The denomination was terminated in 1825.
Recorded mintage: 180,000.
Specification: 6.68 g, 0.583 fine silver, this specimen 6.71 g.
Catalog reference: KM 532, AKS 88; J. 35.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [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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