Austria 1748-KB 15 kreuzer

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Künker sale 335, lot 4785

This specimen was lot 4785 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €220 (about US$288 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. Franz I. 1745-1765. 15 Kreuzer 1748, KB, Kremnitz. Winz. Justierspuren, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, Francis I, 1745-65, fifteen kreuzer of 1748, Kremnitz mint. Minor adjustment marks, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

Altho this fifteen kreuzer was minted in Hungary, it was struck to the unified design, featuring Francis I, that was also struck 1747-50 at Karlsburg (mintmark CA), Graz (GR), Kremnitz (KB, shown here), Nagybanya (NB), Prague (PR), Vienna (WI) and Hall (HA). In 1751, it was revalued to 17 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.40 g, 0.563 fine silver, this specimen 6.17 g.

Catalog reference: KM 2025, Herinek 433.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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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