Austria 1791-H 1/2 kronenthaler

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Künker sale 386, lot 5522

This specimen was lot 5522 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,098 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold II. 1790-1792. 1/2 Kronentaler 1791, H, Günzburg. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold II, 1790-92, half kronenthaler of 1791, Günzburg mint. Scarce in this condition, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck in 1790-92 at Vienna (mintmark "A") and Günzburg (mintmark "H", shown here). As none were actually made in the Netherlands (the revolt of 1790 having closed the mint), we have filed this issue under Austria. However, the SCWC files this under Austria, Austria-Netherlands. The Austrians lost Belgium to Revolutionary France in 1797. After the fall of Napoleon in 1815, Belgium passed to the king of the Netherlands.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.72 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 14.77 g.

Catalog reference: KM 41, J. 94; Herinek 47.

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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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