Windischgratz 1777 20 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 4902 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €190 (about US$249 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHEN STANDESHERREN, WINDISCHGRÄTZ. Josef Niklas, 1744-1802. 20 Kreuzer 1777, Wien. Feine Patina, vorzüglich +. (Holy Roman Empire, counts of Windischgratz. Joseph Nicholas, 1744-1802, twenty Kreuzer of 1777, Vienna mint. Fine patina, extremely fine or better.)"
The count issued a half thaler and a ducat in 1777, as well as this twenty kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: silver, this specimen 6.67 g.
Catalog reference: KM 10, Holzmair 112.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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