Silesia 1685-SHS 6 kreuzer

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from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 6404
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This specimen was lot 6404 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 6 Kreuzer, 1685-SHS. Breslau Mint. Leopold I. NGC MS-64. A boldly struck and fully argent coin, with flashy luster in the fields and a bare hint of gray toning." This product of the Breslau mint was struck 1672-93. During Leopold's reign, the six kreuzer was one-twentieth of a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-507 (under German States, Silesia); Herinek-1202.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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