Hungary 1669-KB 6 krajczar
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This specimen was lot 75325 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "HUNGARY. 6 Kreuzers, 1669-KB. Kremnica Mint. Leopold I. PCGS MS-64. An appealing near-Gem 6 Kreuzer with rich brilliance and handsome details and a touch of beautiful tone." This type was struck at Kremnitz 1667-77, 1681-82. A 1669/8 overdate is reported. The thaler was in the mid-seventeenth century equal to ninety kreuzer, making this denomination one-fifteenth thaler. Six kreuzers were also struck at St. Veit and Graz.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.1 g, 0.437 fine silver, 26 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-164.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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