Austria 1790-S kreuzer

Steve Album sale 27, lot 1246

This specimen was lot 1246 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $176.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Joseph II, 1765-1790, AE kreuzer, 1790-S. PCGS graded MS64 RD." This type is listed for 1780-90 from eight mints, including Smollnitz, shown here. It is noted as common in all grades. The SCWC lists this type as billon, which strains credulity for the lowest of all Austrian denominations; the specimen here is clearly copper.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-2056.

Source:

• 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.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

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