Montfort 1692 15 kreuzer

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 22612

county of Montfort in 1810, on its absorption into Wurttemberg

This specimen was lot 22612 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Montfort. 15 Kreuzer, 1692. Anton II. ABOUT UNCIRCULATED. Slightly curled from roller dies but boldly struck and lustrous. A rather pleasing piece with just a few minor spots. Montfort, in the Austrian Vorarlberg, is sometimes classed as an Austrian State. Ex: George Gund III Collection (Stack's - 1/2007) Lot #3036." This one year type would have traded for a quarter gulden. Montfort is an extremely obscure locality on the shore of Lake Constance in Wurttemberg.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-82.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 1690 30 kreuzer (half gulden)
• Montfort 1690-FIG 60 kreuzer KM-76 = 2/3 thaler
• Montfort 1691-FIG 60 kreuzer = 2/3 thaler
• 1695 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1692
• return to coins of Montfort