Bohemia 1761-P kreuzer

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74159

note the extensive die erosion

This specimen was lot 74159 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Kreuzer, 1761-P. Prague Mint. Maria Theresa. PCGS MS-62 Brown. A pleasing chocolate-brown example featuring glossy fields and a defined strike. VERY SCARCE so fine." This coin is listed twice in the SCWC: as KM 792 under Bohemia and as KM 1993 under Austria, which reveals that this type was struck 1760-65 at many mints (C, G, H, K, NB, P, S, W), of which Prague was one. One convention thaler made 120 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-1993.

Source:

• Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1759-KB kreuzer, Kremnitz mint
• 1761-HA 17 kreuzer, Hall mint, Francis I
• 1761 half thaler, Hall mint, Maria Theresia
• 1761-HA thaler, Hall mint, Francis I
• 1761-PR thaler, Francis I, Prague mint
• 1761 ducat, Maria Theresia, Vienna mint
• Coins and currency dated 1761