Austria 1674 6 kreuzer KM-1185
This specimen was lot 2823 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AR 6 kreuzer, 1674, Vienna Mint issue, struck with roller dies, irregular margins, flan somewhat oval-shaped, VF-EF." Six kreuzer were struck at Vienna (shown here), Graz (KM 1233, 1288, 1317), Neuburg (KM 1234.1, 1234.2), St.-Veit (KM 1257, 1307, 1322, 1334) and Hall (KM 1340, 1366, 1374). Most are common, including this one, struck 1661-65, 1674-92. The mintmaster's privy mark is the rose at the bottom of the reverse. Additional mints (Breslau, Kremnitz and Prague) exist but are filed under their respective provinces. At this time, the six kreuzer was 1/15 thaler but would slip to 1/20 thaler on the introduction of the convention thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-1185.
- 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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