Austria 1659 15 kreuzer KM-1144

Steve Album sale 54, lot 2372

This specimen was lot 2372 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AR 15 kreuzer, Vienna, 1659, struck with roller dies, some luster, toned reverse, crude one-year type, VF-XF." This type was struck at Vienna 1659 and is uncommon. Other fifteen kreuzer of 1659 include KM 1145, with inner circles added to both sides. The crude diework seems to be typical of the Vienna mint in 1659, as is apparent from this five ducats. One thaler was ninety kreuzer in the late seventeenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.25 g, silver, 28-30 mm diameter, this specimen 6.25 g.

Catalog reference: KM-1144, Herinek-909.

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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• Olmutz 1659 15 kreuzer
• 1659 thaler, Vienna mint
• 1659 5 ducats, Prague mint
• 1659 5 ducats, Vienna mint
• 1663 15 kreuzer, St. Veit mint
• 1663-CA 15 kreuzer, Vienna mint
• Coins and currency dated 1659