Bavaria 1756 10 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3541 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €40 (about US$52 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian III. Joseph, 1745-1777. 10 Kreuzer 1756, München. Min. justiert, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph, 1745-77, ten kreuzer of 1756, Munich mint. Minor adjustment marks, about extremely fine.)"
This type, the first of its denomination, was struck 1754-58 and is fairly common. The denomination was issued steadily until the end of the century. One convention thaler was 120 kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 26 mm diameter, this specimen 3.18 g.
Catalog reference: KM 505, Hahn 294.
- 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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