Austria 1781-A 1/4 kreuzer

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Steve Album sale 55, lot 802

This specimen was lot 802 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $180. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Joseph II, 1780-1790, AE 1/4 kreuzer, Vienna, 1781, a lovely example, PCGS graded MS63 RB." This type was struck 1781-85, 1790 at A (Vienna, shown here), B (Kremnitz), F (Hall) and S (Schmollnitz) along with half kreuzers (KM 2053) and one kreuzers (KM 2056). This is a common date.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 1.9 g, copper, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-2051.1, N-14749.

Sources:

  • 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 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

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