Austria 1774-IC FA 20 kreuzer

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 23037

This specimen was lot 23037 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 20 Kreuzer, 1774-A IC-FA. Vienna Mint. Maria Theresa. NGC MS-67. Undoubtedly the finest known for the denomination under this Empress in the NGC census, the present Gem offers a stunning level of quality that seems impossible to surmount. The fields are seemingly flawless, with a superb level of frosting to the devices that imparts a strong cameo nature despite merely being a business strike." The SCWC shows many different twenty kreuzer for 1774, including issues from Vienna (shown here), Hall, Prague, Karlsburg, Kremnitz and Günzburg. The SCWC states there should be an "A" mintmark on the obverse; while this is true for the twenty kreuzer with the bust of Joseph II, no such mintmark appears on this coin. The type was struck at Vienna for Maria Theresia 1767-80. One convention thaler was 120 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 6.68 g, 0.583 fine silver, 28-29 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1999; Her-856.

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]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.

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