Hungary 1793-B 1/4 kronenthaler
This specimen was lot 1666 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €110 (about US$157 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, François II (1792-1797), AR quart de couronne, 1793B, Kremnitz. Type brabançon. D/ T. l. à d. R/ Croix de Bourgogne entre trois couronnes, ornée du bijou de la Toison d'or. Fines traces d'ajustage. Superbe/Fleur de Coin. (duchy of Brabant, Francis II, 1792-97, silver quarter kronenthaler, Kremnitz mint, Brabant type. Obverse: laureate head to right; reverse: Burgundian cross between three crowns, decorated with the jewels of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Fine traces of adjustment marks, Extremely Fine/Uncirculated.)"
This denomination was struck at Vienna ("A"), Kremnitz ("B"), Prague ("C"), Karlsburg ("E") and Nagybanya ("G") 1792-97 and has a low catalog value. The Kremnitz mint was in Hungary.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7.36 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 7,37 g.
Catalog reference: KM 60 (listed under Austria, Austria-Netherlands altho none were made there), Jaeckel 132; Her. 522.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
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