Hungary 1740-KB denar

Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75151

This specimen was lot 75151 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY. Denar, 1740-KB. Kremnica Mint. Karl VI. PCGS MS-65. An outstanding Silver Minor with sparkling mint brilliance and a first class strike. Traditional Madonna and Child obverse, with crowned shield on reverse. Worthy of a premium bid." This obscure minor was struck 1733-34 and 1740 for Charles VI.

Recorded mintage: 103,000.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: KM-312.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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