Olmutz 1673 6 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3471 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 150 CHF (about US$226 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RDR / ÖSTERREICH Olmütz, Bistum, Karl II. von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn, 1664-1695. 6 Kreuzer 1673, Kremsier. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast FDC. (Austria, bishopric of Olmütz, Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn, 1664-1695, six kreuzer of 1673, Kremsier mint. Rare in this condition, About Mint State.)"
Olmütz, then in Moravia, is now Olomuoc in the Czech Republic. This six kreuzer is noted for 1673-79, 1685 and 1693 and was worth one fifteenth of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3.37 g.
Catalog reference: KM 236.2, Suchomel/Videman 340 (B4/B).
- 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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