Austria 1765 20 kreuzer KM-1814

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Steve Album Auction 53, lot 2751

This specimen was lot 2751 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $75. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Maria Theresa, 1740-1780, AR 20 kreuzer, Vienna, 1765, usual adjustment marks, light surface hairlines, very attractive, AU-UNC." This type was struck 1754-66 for the empress Maria Theresia. Twenty kreuzer were also struck for Francis I (KM 2028) until his death in 1765, whereupon all of Maria Theresia's coinage adopted a veiled bust of the empress. It is common. One convention thaler was 120 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.68 g, 0.583 fine silver, 27.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1814.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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