Silesia 1694-CB 15 kreuzer

Sincona sale 94, lot 2231

This specimen was lot 2231 in Sincona sale 94 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 80 CHF (about US$111 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"RDR / ÖSTERREICH Leopold I. 1657-1705. 15 Kreuzer 1694, Brieg. Münzmeister und Wardein Christoph Brettschneider. Sehr schön. Schrötlingsfehler. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1658-1705, fifteen kreuzer of 1694, Brieg mint. Very Fine, Flan flaws.)"

This type was struck 1677, 1693-94 at Brieg in Silesia. Other fifteen kreuzer were struck at Breslau (KM 462) and are much more common. One thaler was ninety kreuzer in the late seventeenth century, making this coin one-sixth thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.5 g, silver, this specimen 6.12 g.

Catalog reference: KM 525, Herinek 1028.

Source:

• 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 94: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

Link to:

• 1691 15 kreuzer, Hall mint
• Silesia 1693-MMW 15 kreuzer, Breslau mint
• bishop of Breslau 1694-LPH 15 kreuzer
• 1694-PM 15 kreuzer, Prague mint
• 1694-IA 15 kreuzer, Graz mint
• 1694 15 kreuzer, Hall mint
• 1694-MM quarter ducat, Vienna mint
• 1694-MMW ducat, Breslau mint
• 1694 6 ducats, Graz mint
• 1695 thaler, Brieg mint
• 1695 thaler, Breslau mint
• 1696-CB 3 kreuzer (groschen), Brieg mint
• Coins and currency dated 1694