Austria 1817-A 20 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 74179 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 20 Kreuzer, 1817-A. Vienna Mint. Franz I. PCGS MS-63." This type was struck 1817-24 at seven mints, including Vienna (A, shown here), Kremnitz (B), Prague (C), Karlsburg (E) and Günzburg (G), Milan (M) and Venice (V). The last 20 kreuzer was struck in 1872.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.
Specification: 6.68 g, 0.583 fine silver, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-2143.
- Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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