Austria 1604 6 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 4470 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €440 (about US$577 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Rudolf II. 1576-1612. Sechser 1604, Hall. RR Feine Patina, sehr schön +. (Austria, Rudolf II, 1576-1612, six kreuzer of 1604 Hall mint. Very rare, fine patina, very fine or better.)"
This scarce type is listed for 1604 only. Six kreuzer was 1/10 gulden or 1/12 thaler until the Thirty Years War.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2.49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 53, M./T. R 316.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol, 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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