Bohemia 1619-CC 24 kreuzer KM-242
This specimen was lot 3015 in Sincona sale 43 (Zürich, October 2017), where it sold for 275 CHF (aboout US$328 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Stände von Böhmen und Mähren, 1619-1620 Kipper-24 Kreuzer 1619. Olmütz Selten. Gutes sehr schön. Henkelspur. (Estates of Bohemia-Moravia, 1619-20, kipper 24 kreuzer of 1619, Olmutz mint. Rare, Good very fine, Mount mark.)"
Kipper 24 kreuzer were struck at Olmutz by the Bohemian Estates. The Bohemian Estates were the group of Czech Protestant nobility rebelling against Hapsburg policies of centralization and Counterreformation. The Estates' army was defeated at the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 and the rebels scattered and exiled. Altho nominally a one-third thaler, this coin is too light and is probably debased as well, being an inflationary issue (1619-20) of the Thirty Years War.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 8.08 g.
Catalog reference: KM 242, Herinek 14.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 43, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
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