Hungary 1793-B kronenthaler Dav-1180
This specimen was lot 40582 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS. Kronentaler (Taler), 1793-B. Kremnica Mint. Franz II. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details." This type was struck in 1792-97 during the reign of Franz II, the last Holy Roman Emperor. This type is listed under the Austrian Netherlands (modern Belgium) even tho this specimen was struck in Kremnitz (mintmark "B") in Hungary. Others are known from Vienna (mintmark "A"), Prague (mintmark "C"), Karlsburg (mintmark "E"), Hall (mintmark "F"), Nagybanya (mintmark "G"), Günzburg (mintmark "H") and Milan (mintmark "M") but none actually made in Brussels. The design bears the Burgundian cross on the reverse, so perhaps that is why this coin is filed there. The lower, Catholic part of the Netherlands was Spanish until 1714, when it passed to the Austrians, who lost it to Revolutionary France in 1797. After the fall of Napoleon in 1815, Belgium passed to the king of the Netherlands.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29.44 g, 0.873 fine silver, .826 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Dav-1180; KM-62.1 (listed under Austrian Netherlands).
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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