Austria 1914 2 heller

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3299

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 3299 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $83.30. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Franz Josef I, 1848-1916, AE 2 heller, 1914, a lovely mostly red example! NGC graded MS65 RB." This type was 1892-1915 as part of the reform which decimalized Austrian coinage, then converted to iron for 1916-18.

Recorded mintage: 60,674,000.

Specification: 3.35 g, bronze, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Herinek 60, Veselý 140, KM-2801.

Source:

• Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
• Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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