Austria 1891 kreuzer

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 884

This specimen was lot 884 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $54. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916, AE kreuzer, 1891, an attractive example, PCGS graded MS62 BN." This type was struck 1885 and 1891 in large quantities and is common. One florin was 100 kreuzer. It was made obsolete in 1892 by the introduction of the corona and heller in 1892.

Recorded mintage: 23,800,000.

Specification: 3.30 g, copper, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-2187.

Source:

• 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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