Silesia 1621-HR 30 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3033 in Sincona sale 43 (Zürich, October 2017), where it sold for 850 CHF (aboout US$1,014 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Stände von Mähren und Schlesien, 1621-1623 Kipper-30 Kreuzer 1621. Breslau. Selten. Fast sehr schön. (Estates of Moravia-Silesia, 1621-23, kipper thirty kreuzer of 1621, Breslau mint. Rare, About very fine.)"
This rare thirty kreuzer was minted 1621 only and was accompanied by a kipper 24 kreuzer (KM 9). The shortsighted overissue of kipper coinage created a brief inflationary bubble in Germany 1619-24. After it burst, the debased coinage was called in and melted, accounting for its rarity today. This Silesian issue is not priced in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 4.32 g.
Catalog reference: Herinek 10. F. u. S. 86, KM 12.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 43, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
Link to:
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- Bohemia 1620 24 kreuzer KM-237 kipper
- Silesia 1621 3/4 thaler klippe, Glogau mint, siege coinage
- 1621 klippe thaler, John Christian and George Rudolf
- 1621-HR round thaler
- Silesia 1621 3 thaler uniface klippe, Glogau mint, siege issue
- Silesia 1621 6 thaler uniface klippe, Glogau mint, siege issue
- Saxony 1621 "kipper" 40 groschen, Annaberg mint
- Saxony 1621 40 groschen KM-284 kipper
- Teschen 1621-HL 24 kreuzer KM-29 kipper
- Silesia 1622 24 kreuzer kipper
- Breslau 1622-HR 24 kreuzer kipper
- Bohemia 1622 150 kreuzer KM-308 kipper
- Pfalz 1621 12 kreuzer kipper
- Coins and currency dated 1621
- return to coins of German States, Silesia