Bohemia 1620-HP 3 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 1132 in Goldberg Sale 146 (Los Angeles, July 2025), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "Bohemia. 3 Kreuzer (Groschen), 1620 (Brunn). The only one graded at PCGS. PCGS graded AU-55. The Augustana Collection." Kipper three kreuzer were struck at Brunn and 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 1/24 thaler, this coin is too light and is probably debased as well, being an inflationary issue (1619-20) of the Thirty Years War. Confusingly, KM 237 for Bohemia is a kipper 24 kreuzer of Frederick V.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 1.57 g, 20 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Saurma 628; Her 31, KM 237 (listed under Austria).
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Stephen Harvey and Vera Kan, Goldberg Sale 146: US Coins & Currency, Ancient & World Coins, featuring The Americas Collection, The Henry Garrett Collection & The Augustana Collection, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2025.
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- 1619 3 kreuzer, Brunn mint, issued by the Bohemian Estates
- Bohemia 1620 24 kreuzer KM-237 kipper issue of Frederick V, Prague mint
- Bohemia 1620 24 kreuzer KM-238 kipper issue of Frederick V, Kuttenberg mint
- Bohemia 1620 24 kreuzer KM-239 kipper issue of Frederick V, Joachimsthal mint
- Bohemia 1620 24 kreuzer KM-243 kipper issue of Frederick V, Kuttenberg mint
- Bohemia 1620 48 kreuzer KM-251 kipper issue of Frederick V, Prague mint
- Bohemia 1620 48 kreuzer KM-256 kipper issue of Frederick V
- Bohemia 1620 48 kreuzer KM-253 kipper issue of Frederick V, Joachimsthal mint
- Coins and currency dated 1620