Austria 1868 20 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 74334 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 20 Kreuzer, 1868. Vienna Mint. Franz Joseph I. NGC MS-63." When the thaler shrank from the convention thaler (28.06 g) to the vereinsthaler (18.52 g), the minor coinage shank as well, including this twenty kreuzer. It was struck without mintmark in large quantities 1868-72.
Recorded mintage: 30,000,000.
Specification: 2.66 g, 0.500 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-2212.
- 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, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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