Hungary 1797-B 1/2 kronenthaler

Jean Elsen sale 160, lot 1243

This specimen was lot 1243 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €90 (about US$114 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, François II (1792-1797), AR demi-couronne, 1797 B, Kremnitz. Type brabançon. D/ T. l. à d. R/ Croix de Bourgogne entre trois couronnes, ornée du bijou de la Toison d'or. Fines griffes. Très Beau/Superbe. (Holy Roman Empire, Francis II, 1792-1806, silver half kronenthaler of 1797, Kremnitz mint, Burgundian type. Obverse: laureate head right; reverse: Burgundian cross between three crowns, decorated with the jewels of the Golden Fleece. Hairlines, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Altho the couronne or kronenthaler is often filed under the Austrian Netherlands, it was struck all over the Hapsburg dominions with the following mintmarks:

A = Vienna (shown here)
B = Kremnitz
C = Prague
E = Alba Julia or Karlsburg
F = Hall
G = Baia Mare or Nagybanya
H = Gunzburg
M = Milan

This type was struck 1792-97 but no mint struck them every year and none were made at Milan. This is a common date but the half kronenthaler is much scarcer than the kronenthaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.72 g, 0.873 fine silver, 35 mm diameter, lettered edge, engraved by Théodore Van Berckel; this specimen is 14,76 g.

Catalog reference: KM 61 (listed under Austrian Netherlands), Jaeckel 133a; Her. 506.

Source:

Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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Hungary 1797-B 1/2 kronenthaler

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