Bavaria 1727 carolin Fr-229
This specimen was lot 1760 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,392 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Karl Albert, 1726-1745. Karolin 1727, München. GOLD. Leicht justiert, sehr schön +. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Charles Albert, 1726-45, carolin of 1727, Munich mint. Lightly adjusted, very fine or better.)"
This scarce type is listed for 1726-32. The early eighteenth century saw the appearance of a number of self-titled gold coins ("maximilian d'or," "carolin d'or," "friedrich d'or"), presumably inspired by the French "louis d'or." Half and quarter carolins d'or also exist. A carolin d'or was ten gulden. An imperial decree of 1736 banned their production by reason of the low fineness of gold.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.77 g, 0.770 fine gold, this specimen 9.74 g.
Catalog reference: KM 408, Fr-229; Hahn 258.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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- 1717 double max d'or
- 1722 ducat, marriage of the elector's son
- 1727 ¼ carolin d'or
- 1729 double carolin d'or, for the foundation of the Order of St. George
- 1730 half carolin
- 1730 carolin
- 1731 half carolin
- 1732 half carolin
- 1732 carolin, bare bust
- 1732 carolin, draped bust
- Coins and currency dated 1727