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1840, Wurttemberg, Wilhelm I. Huge Silver 2 Thaler (3½ Gulden) Coin. 37gm!

Mint Year: 1840
Condition: About XF!
Mint Place: Stuttgart (Germany)
References: Thun 436, KM-586.
Denomination: 2 Thaler (3½ Gulden )
Engraver: Carl Friedrich Voigt
Weight: 37.11gm
Diameter: 42mm
Material: Silver

Obverse: Head of Wilhelm I as king of Wurttemberg left.
Legend: WILHELM KÖNIG V. WÜRTTEMBERG
Comment: Engraver´s name (VOIGT) below bust.

Reverse: Denomination (3½ GULDEN / 2 THALER) and date (1840) within oak-wreath. Fractional fine silver mark value (1/7) below.

William I (German: Wilhelm Friedrich Karl von Württemberg; September 27, 1781-June 25, 1864) was the second King of Württemberg from October 30, 1816 until his death.

He was born in Lüben, the son of King Frederick I of Württemberg (1754-1816) and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764-1788).

On June 8, 1808, in Munich, he married Princess Charlotte of Bavaria (1792-1873), daughter of King Maximilian I of Bavaria (1756-1825) and Princess Augusta Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765-1796). They divorced in 1814.

On January 24, 1816, in Saint Petersburg, he married his first cousin Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788-1819), daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia (1754-1801) and Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759-1828).

On April 15, 1820, in Stuttgart, he married another first cousin Duchess Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800-1873), daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756-1817) and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1780-1857).