Olmutz 1714 6 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3512 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$181 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RDR / ÖSTERREICH Olmütz, Bistum, Wolfgang von Schrattenbach, 1711-1738. 6 Kreuzer 1714, Kremsier. Walzenprägung. Vorzüglich. Kleine Kratzer. (Austria, bishopric of Olmütz, Wolfgang von Schrattenbach, 1711-38, six kreuzer of 1714, Kremsier mint. Rotated reverse, Extremely Fine, Small scratches.)"
This type was struck 1712-16 and represents the last issue of this denomination, which was minted extensively in the seventeenth century. Six kreuzer was one-fifteenth of a reichs thaler. Olmütz, then in Moravia, is now Olomuoc in the Czech Republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3.51 g.
Catalog reference: KM 392.2, Suchomel/Videman 705 (B3/C1).
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 101: World Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Swiss Confederate Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Shooting Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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