Olmutz 1716 15 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3514 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 250 CHF (about US$377 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RDR / ÖSTERREICH Olmütz, Bistum, Wolfgang von Schrattenbach, 1711-1738. 15 Kreuzer 1716, Kremsier. Walzenprägung. Seltener Jahrgang. Fast vorzüglich. (Austria, bishopric of Olmütz, Wolfgang von Schrattenbach, 1711-38, fifteen kreuzer of 1716, Kremsier mint. Rotated reverse, rare date, About Extremely Fine.)"
This type was struck 1712-16 and represents the last issue of this denomination, which was minted extensively in the seventeenth century. Fifteen kreuzer was one-sixth of a reichs thaler. Olmütz, then in Moravia, is now Olomuoc in the Czech Republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7.36 g.
Catalog reference: KM 394.2, Suchomel/Videman 718 (D/E2).
- 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, Jürg, 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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