Austria 1737 kreuzer

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 40543

This specimen was lot 40543 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Kreuzer, 1737. Graz Mint. Karl VI. NGC MS-65." This type was struck 1730-40 in sufficient numbers that it is common today. This period is when the kreuzer slipped from ninety to 120 to the thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1638.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• 1737 thaler, Prague mint
• 1737 thaler, Hall mint
• 1737 thaler, Vienna mint
• 1746 kreuzer, Vienna mint
• Coins and currency dated 1737