Austria 1713 3 kreuzer KM-1520

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Künker sale 335, lot 4752

This specimen was lot 4752 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €60 (about US$79 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. Karl VI. 1711-1740. 3 Kreuzer 1713, München, geprägt während der Reichsbesetzung im Spanischen Erbfolgekrieg. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies, am Arm Wertzahl 3 in Kartusche//Gekrönter Doppeladler mit Schwert und Zepter in den Fängen, auf der Brust zweifeldiges Wappen, unten Münzzeichen Stern, oben die geteilte Jahreszahl 17 - 13. R Min. justiert, sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard Link. Exemplar der Lagerliste Münzen und Medaillen AG 270, Basel 1966, Nr. 622. (Holy Roman Empire, Charles VI, 1711-40, 1713 three kreuzer of 1713, Munich mint, struck while under Austrian occupation. Obverse: armored, laureate and mantled bust right with Order of the Golden Fleece; reverse: crowned double headed eagle with shield on its breast and sword and scepter in its claws, date below. Scarce, some adjustment marks, very fine.)"

This type was struck in Munich 1712-14 while the Austrians occupied Bavaria. By the Treaty of Utrecht in 1714, the Austrians returned Bavaria to its former lord, the elector Maximilian II Emanuel.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 1,72 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1520, Hahn 231; Herinek 857.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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