Austria (1658-68) kreuzer KM-1135

Steve Album sale 51, lot 2831

This specimen was lot 2831 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $108. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AR kreuzer, Hall, ND (1658-68), well struck, PCGS graded MS63." This tiny coin is listed in Numista as 1/60 thaler but it was more likely valued at 1/72 thaler, to slip to 1/90 thaler at the end of the seventeenth century. It is not expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.70 g, silver, 15 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1135.

Sources:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• 1660 3 kreuzer, Hall mint
• 1662 thaler, Hall mint
• 1664 15 kreuzer, Hall mint
• 1665 thaler, Hall mint
• 1668 thaler, Hall mint
• Coins and currency dated 1658