Bavaria 1624 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3450 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €90 (about US$118 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM: Maximilian I. 1598-1651. Kreuzer 1624, München. Vorderseite min. dezentriert, vorzüglich +. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 108, Osnabrück 2006, Nr. 121. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian I, 1598-1651, kreuzer of 1624, Munich mint. Struck slightly off center, extremely fine or better.)"
This type was struck 1623-25, 1630-31, 1635-40, 1644-54 and is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.80 g, silver, 16 mm diameter, this specimen 0.83 g.
Catalog reference: Hahn 91; Witt. 930, KM 120.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [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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