Austria 1655 3 kreuzer KM-852

Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 76172

This specimen was lot 76172 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Tyrol. 3 Kreuzer, 1655. Hall Mint. Ferdinand Karl. NGC MS-61." Other Austrian groschen for 1655 include KM 833 (Graz mint) and KM 835. This one was struck 1638-62 in large quantities. Ferdinand Karl never became emperor and was one of the last archdukes to strike coinage.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-852.

Source:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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• 1655 3 kreuzer, Graz mint, Ferdinand III
• 1655 thaler, Vienna mint
• 1655-IS double ducat, St. Veit mint
• 1655 10 ducats, Vienna mint
• 1655 20 ducats, Vienna mint
• 1660 3 kreuzer, Hall mint
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