Hall 1712 1/2 kreuzer KM-15
This specimen was lot 72448 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Swabian Hall. Uniface 1/2 Kreuzer, 1712. Karl VI. PCGS MS-64 Gold Shield. A rather well struck, lustrous, and brilliant example of this uniface type not often encountered so attractive." The second specimen was lot 2927 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $102. The catalog description[2] noted, "HALL IN SWABIA: Free City, BI pfennig, 1712, uniface, two-year type, key date of the two-year type, NGC graded MS63." Schwabisch Hall (so called to distinguish it from Hall in Tyrol), was an imperial city which occasionally issued thalers, generally rare. Two types of half kreuzer exist for 1712: KM 15 is uniface (shown here, previously struck in 1696), KM 16 (very scarce) is arms obverse/inscription reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon.
Catalog reference: KM 15; Raff-55.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The May 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
- [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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