Austria 1780-C IVS IK 20 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4072 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$120 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780 20 Kreuzer 1780. Prag IVS.-I.K. Vorzüglich-FDC. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, twenty kreuzer of 1780, Prague mint. Extremely fine-uncirculated.)"
Twenty kreuzer were minted 1754-97 for Francis I, Maria Theresia, Joseph II, Leopold II and Francis II from all the imperial mints in a bewildering array of varieties. Twenty kreuzer made one-sixth of a thaler. This one, struck for Maria Theresia, is known for 1767-80 from Vienna, Kremnitz, Karlsburg and Prague (shown here).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.68 g, 0.583 fine silver, .125 troy oz ASW; this specimen is 6.63 g.
Catalog reference: KM 800 (listed under Bohemia), Herinek 944.
- 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]Jürg Richter, Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.
Link to:
- Austria 1774-A IC FA 20 kreuzer Vienna mint, Maria Theresia
- 1780 thaler, Karlsburg mint
- 1780-G ducat
- Bohemia 1780-PS IK thaler Dav-1140
- Austria 1780-E HS 2 ducats Fr-191
- 1781-G 20 kreuzer
- 1781-B 20 kreuzer
- Austria 1795-C 12 kreuzer, Prague mint
- Coins and currency dated 1780
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