Austria 1691 3 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 154 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €550 (about US$779 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I., 1657-1705. 3 Kreuzer (Groschen) 1691, Hall. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz und umgelegter Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//Die Wappenschilde von Österreich und Tirol nebeneinander, oben Krone, unten die Wertzahl 3. R Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 280, Frankfurt/Main 1972, Nr. 1852. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, three kreuzer or groschen of 1691, Hall mint. Obverse: armored, mantled and laureate bust with Order chain; reverse: conjoined arms of Austria abd Tyrol, crown above, value below. Rare, extremely fine.)"
This type is listed for 1690-91 in the SCWC with a low catalog value. One thaler was ninety kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.4 g, silver, this specimen 1,50 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1346, Herinek 1436; M./T. 784.
- 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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