Austria 1643 3 kreuzer KM-833

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 6401

This specimen was lot 6401 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 3 Kreuzer, 1643. Graz Mint. Ferdinand III. NGC MS-65. An argent and lustrous Gem with some flash in the fields and light gray toning throughout." This type was struck 1637-57 and is common. Other dreikreuzer or groschen were struck at St, Veit, Vienna, Hall and Breslau.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.9 g, silver, 23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-833.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• (1626-32) 3 kreuzer, Hall mint
• 1642 3 kreuzer, Prague mint
• 1644 thaler, Graz mint
• 1647 3 kreuzer, Graz mint
• Coins and currency dated 1643