Hungary 1674-KB 15 krajczar

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 45056

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 45056 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY. 15 Krajczar, 1674-KB. Kremnitz Mint. Leopold I. NGC MS-63. A sharply detailed coin with bright surfaces and faint toning color at the peripheries." This type was struck 1661-86 at Kremnitz. Similar fifteen krajczar (kreuzer) were struck at Nagybanya (KM 191) and Pressburg (KM 192). At the time, 60 krajczar = one forint, 2 forint = one thaler; 15 krajczar = 1/8 thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-175.

Source:

• 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, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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