Difference between revisions of "Austria 1685-MM 6 kreuzer"
m (Text replacement - "|1674 6 kreuzer, Vienna mint]]" to "|1674-✿ 6 kreuzer, Vienna mint]]") |
m (Text replacement - "During Leopold's reign, the six kreuzer was one-twentieth of a thaler" to "During Leopold's reign, the six kreuzer was one-fifteenth of a thaler") |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
[[Image:SA41-2824r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | [[Image:SA41-2824r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 2824 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $84. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Austria|AUSTRIA]]: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AR 6 kreuzer, 1685, initials MM, Vienna Mint issue, struck with roller dies, EF-AU." Six kreuzer were struck at Vienna (shown here), Graz (KM 1233, 1288, 1317), Neuburg (KM 1234.1, 1234.2), St.-Veit ([[Austria 1672-St. Veit 6 kreuzer|KM 1257]], 1307, 1322, 1334) and Hall (KM 1340, 1366, 1374). Most are common, including this one, struck 1661-65, 1674-92. The "MM" stands for mintmaster Mathias Mittelmayer, who served several terms at Vienna 1679-1708. Additional mints (Breslau, Kremnitz and Prague) exist but are filed under their respective provinces. During Leopold's reign, the six kreuzer was one- | + | This specimen was lot 2824 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $84. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Austria|AUSTRIA]]: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AR 6 kreuzer, 1685, initials MM, Vienna Mint issue, struck with roller dies, EF-AU." Six kreuzer were struck at Vienna (shown here), Graz (KM 1233, 1288, 1317), Neuburg (KM 1234.1, 1234.2), St.-Veit ([[Austria 1672-St. Veit 6 kreuzer|KM 1257]], 1307, 1322, 1334) and Hall (KM 1340, 1366, 1374). Most are common, including this one, struck 1661-65, 1674-92. The "MM" stands for mintmaster Mathias Mittelmayer, who served several terms at Vienna 1679-1708. Additional mints (Breslau, Kremnitz and Prague) exist but are filed under their respective provinces. During Leopold's reign, the six kreuzer was one-fifteenth of a thaler. The oval shape seen here is often the result of using roller dies. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' silver. | + | ''Specification:'' 3.48 g, silver, 25.4 mm diameter. |
''Catalog reference:'' KM-1185. | ''Catalog reference:'' KM-1185. | ||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
''Link to:'' | ''Link to:'' | ||
| − | * [[Austria | + | * [[Austria 1681-MM 6 kreuzer|1681-MM 6 kreuzer, Vienna mint]] |
* [[Austria 1684-IAN thaler Dav-3232|1684 thaler, Graz mint]] | * [[Austria 1684-IAN thaler Dav-3232|1684 thaler, Graz mint]] | ||
* [[Olmutz 1685 6 kreuzer]] | * [[Olmutz 1685 6 kreuzer]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:23, 18 May 2026
This specimen was lot 2824 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $84. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Leopold I, 1657-1705, AR 6 kreuzer, 1685, initials MM, Vienna Mint issue, struck with roller dies, EF-AU." Six kreuzer were struck at Vienna (shown here), Graz (KM 1233, 1288, 1317), Neuburg (KM 1234.1, 1234.2), St.-Veit (KM 1257, 1307, 1322, 1334) and Hall (KM 1340, 1366, 1374). Most are common, including this one, struck 1661-65, 1674-92. The "MM" stands for mintmaster Mathias Mittelmayer, who served several terms at Vienna 1679-1708. Additional mints (Breslau, Kremnitz and Prague) exist but are filed under their respective provinces. During Leopold's reign, the six kreuzer was one-fifteenth of a thaler. The oval shape seen here is often the result of using roller dies.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.48 g, silver, 25.4 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-1185.
- Craig, William D., 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.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
Link to: