Austria 1691 15 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 152 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,133 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I., 1657-1705. 15 Kreuzer 1691, Hall. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz und umgelegter Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies, unten die Wertzahl XV//Die Wappenschilde von Österreich und Tirol nebeneinander, oben Krone. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Lanz 126, München 2005, Nr. 109. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, fifteen kreuzer of 1691, Hall mint.)"
This type was struck 1676, 1687, 1691, 1694 and 1697 and is common. Fifteen kreuzer was one quarter gulden or one-sixth of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.5 g, silver, this specimen 6,25 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1289, Herinek 983; M./T. 771.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., Thomas Michael and Douglas Nicol, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol, 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 423: Coins and medals from Tyrol - The collection of Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Wohnlich., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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