Tyrol 1809 20 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4797 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €60 (about US$79 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. Aufstand gegen Napoléon I. unter Andreas Hofer. 20 Kreuzer 1809, Hall. In den Adlerflügeln Kleeblatt mit Stengeln vertieft. Gekrönter Adler v. v. den Kopf nach l. gewandt, umher Lorbeerkranz//20 · KREUZER · / Lorbeer- und Palmzweig gekreuzt, unten die Jahreszahl * 1809 *. Sehr schön +. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard Link. Exemplar der Auktion Gerhard Hirsch 31, München 1962, Nr. 1442. (Holy Roman Empire, revolt against Napoleon, led by Andreas Hofer, twenty kreuzer of 1809, Hall mint. Very fine or better.)"
This was minted at Hall by Tyrolean rebels against Napoleon, who had forced Austria to cede the Tyrol to Bavaria. The revolt received no support from Vienna and was eventually crushed and Hofer was executed. Regular Austrian twenty kreuzer (KM 2141) were struck at Vienna (A), Kremnitz (B), Prague (C), Salzburg (D), Karlsburg (E) and Günzburg (G) but not at Hall (F).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.68 g, 0.583 fine silver, this specimen 6.59 g.
Catalog reference: KM 149, J. 169.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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