Olmutz 1661 15 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 3453 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 160 CHF (about US$241 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RDR / ÖSTERREICH Olmütz, Bistum, Leopold Wilhelm, 1637-1662. 15 Kreuzer 1661, Vyskov. Vorzüglich. (Austria, bishopric of Olmütz, Leopold William, 1637-62, fifteen kreuzer of 1661, Vyskov mint. Extremely Fine.)"
Olmütz, then in Moravia, is now Olomuoc in the Czech Republic. This fifteen kreuzer was struck 1659, 1661, 1662 and was worth one-sixth of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown but uncommon.
Specification: silver, this specimen 6.41 g.
Catalog reference: KM 210, Suchomel/Videman 137 var (A2/B var).
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 101: World Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Swiss Confederate Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Shooting Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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