Austria 1768-IC SK 30 kreuzer KM-1835

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Jean Elsen sale 154, lot 1636

This specimen was lot 1636 in Jean Elsen sale 154 (Brussels, March 2023), where it sold for €240 (about US$311 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SAINT EMPIRE, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AR 30 Kreuzer, 1768 IC-SK, Vienne. D/ B. voilé à d., dans un losange. R/ Aigle impériale couronnée, dans un losange. Fines griffes. Superbe. (Austria, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver thirty kreuzer of 1768, Vienna mint. Obverse: veiled bust right, with a rhombus; reverse: crowned imperial eagle within a rhombus. Fine scratches, Extremely Fine.)"

This thirty kreuzer was struck for Maria Theresia 1765-70 and 1773, all at the Vienna mint. This example realized almost triple the catalog value. Thirty kreuzer was one-fourth of a convention thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 6,94 g.

Catalog reference: KM 2071, Her. 771; Eypeltauer 205.

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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 154, Trouvaille de Labuissière, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.

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