Salzburg 1788 5 kreuzer

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 2822

This specimen was lot 2822 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SALZBURG: Hieronymus, Graf von Colloredo, 1772-1803, AR 5 kreuzer, 1788, a lovely quality example! PCGS graded MS63." This type was struck 1786 and 1788. The five kreuzer, one twelfth of a gulden or 1/24 thaler, was struck fairly steadily after 1766. Many types exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: KM-459.

Source:

• 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.
• Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• 1770 5 kreuzer
• 1787 half thaler
• 1787-M ducat
• 1788-M thaler
• 1788-M ducat
• 1789-M ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1788