Silesia 1668-SHS 3 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 2981 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "SILESIA: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AR 3 kreuzer, 1668, initials SHS, slightly dished from roller dies, lustrous, AU, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection." This type was struck 1665-72, 1693-98, 1705, and is common. Leopold, besides being duke of Silesia, was also archduke of Austria, king of Bohemia and Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.59 g, silver, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-471.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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