On 17 and 18 November, Künker will hold their eLive Premium Auctions 398 and 399. Auction 398 contains about 1100 lots with world coins and medals, focusing on the German states. Auction 399 is dedicated to the Alois Wenninger Library.

For one more time this year, Künker offers an opportunity to acquire high-quality and rare coins and medals from all over the world. In eLive Premium Auction 398, collectors once again have the chance to bid for coins with from the Westphalian private collection, a part of which already went under the hammer in the Fall Auction Sales. Künker's eLive Premium Auction 399 is dedicated to the Alois Wenninger Library. The well-known Munich coin dealer assembled an outstanding working library, especially regarding ancient coinage.

Almost 400 lots with world coins and medals including a large series of issues from the Habsburg hereditary lands will kick off the eLive Premium Auction 398, starting on Friday, 17 November 2023 at 10:00 a.m. CET atwww.elive-auction.de.

It is worth taking a close look at the offer as it includes numerous interesting pieces. The price range goes from 50 euros, for example for a Saxon half reichstaler of 1592, up to 20,000 euros for an 1839 quadruple ducat from Sweden.

No. 4030: France. Philippe VI, 1328-1350. Double royal d'or n.d. (1340). Rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 7,500 euros

No. 4085: Great Britain. Oliver Cromwell, 1653-1658. Crown 1658. Very rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 4,000 euros

No. 4222: Sweden. Charles XIV John, 1818-1844. 4 ducats 1839, Stockholm. Very rare, only 2000 specimens minted. About FDC. Estimate: 20,000 euros

No. 4284: Habsburg hereditary lands - Austria. Maximilian I, 1490-1519. 1509 double representative guldiner, Hall, commemorating him accepting the title of emperor. Very rare. Very fine to extremely fine. Estimate: 4,000 euros

No. 4364: Austria. Francis I, 1804-1835. 1816 gold medal of 11 ducats, commemorating the imperial visit to the Milan mint. Extremely rare. About FDC. Estimate: 5,000 euros

Of course, as is typical of Künker, the focal point is on the German states and Germany after 1871. At this point, we want to draw attention to a small series of Bavarian coins focusing on the rulers Maximilian III Joseph, Charles Theodore, Maximilian (I) IV Joseph and Ludwig I. Particularly impressive is a perfectly preserved threefold ducat of 1792 commemorating the vicariate of Max III Joseph. But also the various lines of Brandenburg, Hesse and Saxony have plenty of representatives in this sale.

This is followed by an attractive offer of coins from the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and the FRG.

No. 4429: Bavaria. Charles Theodore, 1777-1799. 3 ducats 1792, Munich, on the vicariate. NGC MS63. Very rare. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 25,000 euros

No. 4503: Brandenburg-Prussia. Frederick II, 1740-1786. 1777 medal commemorating the reconstruction of the shooting house in Breslau. Very rare. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 4,000 euros

No. 4507: Brandenburg-Prussia. Frederick William II, 1786-1797. Gold medal of 12 ducats 1796. Medal of honor of the Prussian dragoon regiment VI for Lieutenant General Philipp August Wilhelm von Werther (1729-1802). Extremely rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 6,000 euros

No. 4612: Hesse-Kassel. William IV the Wise, 1567-1592. Reichstaler 1592, Kassel, to mark his passing. Extremely rare. Very fine. Estimate: 20,000 euros

No. 4835: Saxony. Frederick Augustus I, 1694-1733. Silver medal 1717 commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Reformation. Very rare. About FDC. Estimate: 3,000 euros

No. 5185: FRG. 5 DM 1597 G. 100th birthday of Otto Hahn. Silver. Extremely rare. About FDC. Estimate: 10,000 euros

Due to the speculations of the Hunt brothers, the silver price per ounce jumped from $6.08 on 1 January 1979 to $49.45 on 18 January 1980. This meant that the silver commemorative coins for the 100th birthday of Otto Hahn, which had already been produced, turned into a loss-making deal. The Ministry of Finance called it quits and had the coins be melted down again. Then the coins were issued as base metal versions. A few pieces of the silver issue seem to have survived. As the national center for analysis for Germany's central bank announced, the coins were .

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To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
KUENKER AUCTIONS 395-397, PART 1(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n42a22.html)
KUENKER AUCTIONS 395-397, PART 2(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n43a22.html)
KUENKER AUCTIONS 395-397, PART 3(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n44a19.html)