Austria 1690 15 kreuzer KM-1344
This specimen was lot 756 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AR 15 kreuzer, Hall, 1690, struck with roller dies, light obverse hairlines, still very attractive, lightly toned reverse, two-year type, rare date, XF-AU." This type was struck at Hall in 1688 and 1690 and is common. A similar fifteen kreuzer (KM 1302) was struck at St. Veit. Roller dies had a vogue in the late seventeenth century as they were faster than screw presses; however, die manufacture and setup is more difficult and eventually the technique was abandoned. Fifteen kreuzer was one quarter gulden or one-sixth of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.25 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 6.28 g.
Catalog reference: KM-1344, Herinek-981.
- 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]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.
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