Austria 1826-A 3 kreuzer

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37515

This specimen was lot 37515 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 3 Kreuzer, 1826-A. Vienna Mint. Franz II. NGC MS-65." This type was struck 1825 at Vienna (shown here), Kremnitz (mintmark "B") and Karlsburg (mintmark "E"). This is a common date. A thaler was 120 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 1.7 g, 0.346 fine silver, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-2119.

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, 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, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• 1826-A 10 kreuzer
• 1826-A thaler
• 1826-B thaler
• 1826-C thaler, Prague mint
• 1826-B ducat, Kremnitz mint
• 1828-A 5 kreuzer
• 1832-A 3 kreuzer
• Coins and currency dated 1826