Teschen 1596 3 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 24669 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "POLAND. Silesia. 3 Groschen, 1596. Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn (1574-1617). PCGS MS-62 Secure Holder. Well struck with good definition of the details. Attractive old envelope tone." Altho the auction cataloguers have listed this under Poland, the city of Cieszyn did not come under Polish rule until 1920, after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Adam Wenzel was the semi-sovereign duke of Teschen, which lies in the uppermost part of Silesia. He died in 1617 and his dynasty fell extinct in 1653, whereupon the duchy came under the direct rule of the Hapsburgs. It was not included when Frederick the Great seized the rest of Silesia from Maria Theresia in 1743.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM MB24, Kop-5584.
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- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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