Austria 1788-A 1/2 kronenthaler
This specimen was lot 1119 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €95 (about US$110 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Joseph II (1780-1790), AR demi-couronne, 1788 A, Vienne. Type brabançon. D/ T. l. à d. R/ Croix de Bourgogne entre trois couronnes, ornée du bijou de la Toison d'or. Nettoyée. (duchy of Brabant, Joseph II, 1780-90, silver half crown thaler of 1788, Vienna mint, Burgundian type. Obverse: laureate head right; reverse: Burgundian cross between three crowns, adorned with the jewel of the Golden Fleece. Cleaned, Very Fine.)
This type was struck 1786-90 at Vienna (shown here), Brussels, Milan and Kremnitz. This date is common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.72 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 14,70 g.
Catalog reference: KM 34, Jaeckel 43; Her. 194.
- 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 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
Link to:
- 1786 kronenthaler, Brussels mint, Joseph II
- 1788 liard
- 1788 double liard, Joseph II, Brussels mint
- 1788 14 liards
- 1788-H quarter kronenthaler, Günzburg mint
- 1788-A half thaler
- 1788-A ducat
- 1788-F ducat, Hall mint
- 1789-A half kronenthaler, Vienna mint
- 1788-A convention thaler
- 1788-A kronenthaler
- 1789 half kronenthaler, Brussels mint
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