View source for Olmutz 1685 6 kreuzer

[[Image:Olmutz 1685 6 kreuzer obv Raz.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Razorback Collection]]
[[Image:Olmutz 1685 6 kreuzer rev Raz.jpg|300px|thumb]]
[[Image:Olmutz SB518-70196o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70196]]
[[Image:Olmutz SB518-70196r.jpg|300px|thumb|perhaps the same specimen]]

This type issued 1673-93 is among the common issues from this ecclesiastical state in Moravia, then part of [[Austria]], now the Czech Republic. A similar six kreuzer with "SAS" at the bottom of the reverse (KM 236.3) was issued 1678-94. Twenty of these coins would have traded for a thaler. The second specimen was lot 70196 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $204. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "AUSTRIA. Olmutz. 6 Kreuzer, 1685. Karl II von Liechtenstein-Castelcorn (1664-95). PCGS MS-62 Secure Holder. Date split by double crowns on the reverse, denomination written as 'VI' below bust. Well struck and nicely centered, metallic luster with hints of peripheral toning." 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-236.2. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' 
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, ''The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2018

''Links to:''
* [[Olmutz 1680 2 ducats Fr-79|1680 double ducat]]
* [[Olmutz 1682 1/2 kreuzer|1682 half kreuzer]]
* [[Olmutz 1683 1/2 kreuzer|1683 half kreuzer]]
* [[Olmutz 1684 2 ducats Fr-79|1684 double ducat]]
* [[Eggenberg 1685 3 kreuzer]]
* [[Austria 1685-MM 6 kreuzer|1685-MM 6 kreuzer, Vienna mint]]
* [[Silesia 1685-SHS 6 kreuzer]], Breslau mint
* [[Olmutz 1686 15 kreuzer|1686 15 kreuzer]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1685]]
* return to coins of [[Austria, Olmutz]]

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