Austria 1711 6 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 162 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €130 (about US$184 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Joseph I., 1705-1711. 6 Kreuzer 1711, Hall. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//Die Wappenschilde von Österreich und Tirol nebeneinander, oben Krone, unten die Wertzahl VI. Belagreste, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Lanz 139, München 2007, Nr. 359. (Holy Roman Empire, Joseph I, 1705-11, six kreuzer of 1711, Hall mint. Obverse: armored, mantled and laureate bust right with Order chain; reverse: conjoined arms of Austria and Tyrol, crown above, value below. Once lacquered, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck in 1706 and 1711. One thaler was ninety kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: 87,000 including a 1711/07 overdate.
Specification: 2.7 g, silver, 25 mm diameter, this specimen 2,64 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1491, M./T. 818; Herinek 175.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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