Hungary 1793-B 1/4 kronenthaler

Jean Elsen sale 145, lot 1666

This specimen was lot 1666 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €110 (about US$157 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, François II (1792-1797), AR quart de couronne, 1793B, Kremnitz. Type brabançon. D/ T. l. à d. R/ Croix de Bourgogne entre trois couronnes, ornée du bijou de la Toison d'or. 7,37 g Fines traces d'ajustage. Superbe/Fleur de Coin. (duchy of Brabant, Francis II, 1792-97, silver quarter kronenthaler, Kremnitz mint, Brabant type. Obverse: laureate head to right; reverse: Burgundian cross between three crowns, decorated with the jewels of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Fine traces of adjustment marks, Extremely Fine/Uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1792-97 with mintmarks A, B, C, E, G. Altho the SCWC lists this under Austrian Netherlands, we don't think any were actually made there. The Kremnitz mint was in Hungary.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.36 g, 0.873 fine silver, this specimen 29,47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 60 (listed under Austrian Netherlands), Jaeckel 132; Her. 522.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
• ^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

Link to:

• 1791-A quarter kronenthaler, Vienna mint
• 1793-B kronenthaler, Kremnitz mint
• Coins and currency dated 1793