Galicia and Lodomeria 1794 grossus
This specimen was lot 5272 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €60 (about US$79 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"POLEN, KÖNIGREICH, Österreichische Prägungen nach der Teilung Polens, 1772-1795. Ku.-Groschen 1794, Wien, geprägt für die Armee in Galizien und Bukowina. Gekrönter Doppeladler mit Schwert und Zepter in den Fängen, auf der Brust gekröntes Wappen, darunter Fahnen//I / GROSSVS / POL · / 1794 ·, darunter Lorbeer- und Palmzweig gekreuzt. Sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard Link. Erworben am 8. August 1994 von Falck. (kingdom of Poland, Austrian issue, copper groschen of 1794, Vienna mint, struck for the army in Galicia and Bukovina. Obverse: crowned double headed eagle with sword and scepter in its claws, flags below; reverse: value in palm and laurel wreath. Very fine.)"
This coin was issued by the Austrians for Maria Theresia's newly conquered kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, which remained part of Austria until 1918.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 3,77 g.
Catalog reference: KM C4, Herinek 1225; Kopicki 9204; J. 148; Brause-Mansfeld Tf. 34, 1.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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