Wurttemberg 1707 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4436 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,837 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, Eberhard Ludwig, 1693-1733. 1/2 Reichstaler 1707, Stuttgart. RR Feine Tönung, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (duchy of Württemberg, Eberhard Louis, 1693-1733, half thaler of 1707, Stuttgart mint. Very rare, fine toning, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type accompanied a quarter thaler and a thaler (Dav-2849. Wurttemberger coinage prior to the 1730's is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14.55 g.
Catalog reference: KM 290, Klein/Raff 53.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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