Austria 1796-A kronenthaler Dav-1180

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Jean Elsen sale 160, lot 1242
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This specimen was lot 1242 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €110 (about US$139 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SAINT EMPIRE, François II (1792-1806), AR couronne, 1796 A, Vienne. Type brabançon. D/ T. l. à d. R/ Croix de Bourgogne entre trois couronnes, ornée du bijou de la Toison d'or. Défaut de flan sur la tranche. Très Beau/Superbe. (Holy Roman Empire, Francis II, 1792-1806, silver kronenthaler of 1796, Vienna mint, Burgundian type. Obverse: laureate head right; reverse: Burgundian cross between three crowns, decorated with the jewels of the Golden Fleece. Edge defect, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Altho the couronne or kronenthaler is often filed under the Austrian Netherlands, it was struck all over the Hapsburg dominions with the following mintmarks:

  • A = Vienna (shown here)
  • B = Kremnitz
  • C = Prague
  • E = Alba Julia or Karlsburg
  • F = Hall
  • G = Baia Mare or Nagybanya
  • H = Gunzburg
  • M = Milan

This type was struck 1792-1801 but no mint struck them every year. This is a common date.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 29.44 g, 0.873 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, lettered edge, engraved by Théodore Van Berckel; this specimen is 29,43 g.

Catalog reference: KM 62.1 (listed under Austrian Netherlands), Her. 466, Dav-1180.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • 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.
  • Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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