Austria 1693 6 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 153 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,558 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I., 1657-1705. 6 Kreuzer 1693, Hall. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, Löwenkopfschulter, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies, unten die Wertzahl 6//Die Wappenschilde von Österreich und Tirol nebeneinander, oben Krone. R Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Lanz 126, München 2005, Nr. 110. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, six kreuzer of 1693, Hall mint. Obverse: armored, mantled and laureate bust with Order chain, value below; reverse: conjoined arms of Austria abd Tyrol, crown above. Rare, extremely fine.)"
This is listed for 1693-94 in the SCWC with a low catalog value. One thaler was ninety kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.7 g, silver, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 2,68 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1366, Herinek 1284; M./T. 777.
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- 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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