Austria 1752-HA 17 kreuzer

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Künker sale 423, lot 195

This specimen was lot 195 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, Franz I., 1745-1765. 17 Kreuzer 1752 H-A, Hall. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//Gekrönter Doppeladler mit Kopfscheinen und Schwert und Zepter in den Fängen, auf der Brust gekröntes, zweifeldiges Wappen (Lothringen-Toskana), umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies, zu den Seiten die geteilte Münzstättensignatur H - A. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Winter 34, Düsseldorf 1978, Nr. 1218. (Holy Roman Empire, Francis I, 1745-65, seventeen kreuzer of 1752, Hall mint. Obverse: armored, mantled and laureate bust with Order chain; reverse: crowned and nimbate double-headed eagle with sword and scepter in its claws, supporting the impaled arms of Lorraine and Tuscany, mintmark below. Extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1751-65 at Karlsburg (mintmark "CA"), Graz (mintmark "GR"), Kremnitz (mintmark "KB"), Prague (mintmark "PR"), Vienna (mintmark "WI"), Nagybanya (mintmark "NB") and Hall (shown here). We remain baffled as to why a seventeen kreuzer was struck instead of a fifteen kreuzer or an eighteen kreuzer (one quarter gulden or one eighth thaler). These denominations and the use of a unified design were introduced with the convention thaler of 120 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: 703,000.

Specification: 6.12 g, 0.542 fine silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 6,08 g.

Catalog reference: KM 2026.1, M./T. 1056; Herinek 374.

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.
  • 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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