Hungary 1675 3 krajczar

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 2878

This specimen was lot 2878 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $90. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AR 3 kreuzer, 1675, KM-194var, Madonna and Child, like the usual KM-194, except no mintmark, a few miniscule bits of patination, AU." The regular three kreuzer or groschen was struck with a "KB" mintmark 1661, 1665-96 and is common. This one was struck at Pressburg 1675 and 1695-99. Mintmaster's initials "GC" made be found on the right shield below the Madonna. During Leopold's reign, the three kreuzer was one-thirtieth of a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.6-1.8 g, silver, 22 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-194.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• 1662-KB 3 krajczar
• Silesia 1669-SHS 3 kreuzer Breslau mint
• 1674-KB 15 krajczar
• 1674-KB 5 ducats
• 1675-GC 15 krajczar, Pressburg mint
• 1675-GC 5 ducats, Pressburg mint
• 1675-KB 10 ducats
• 1676-GC 6 krajczar, Pressburg mint
• Coins and currency dated 1675