Saxe-Meiningen 1724 2 groschen
This specimen was lot 4346 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €700 (about US$916 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN-MEININGEN, HERZOGTUM, VON 1735 BIS 1826. Ernst Ludwig I. 1706-1724. 2 Groschen (1/12 Taler) 1724, auf seinen Tod. Prachtexemplar. Herrliche Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, Ernest Louis I, 1706-24, double groschen or one-twelfth thaler of 1724, on his death. Cabinet piece, beautiful patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
The SCWC lists a number of types of this denomination (KM 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 32, 60, 61, 87) but not this one.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 3,57 g.
Catalog reference: Grobe 133.
- 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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