Austria 1851-A kreuzer

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Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74167
note strong lines from die erosion

This specimen was lot 74167 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Kreuzer, 1851-A. Vienna Mint. Franz Joseph I. PCGS MS-65 Brown. A pleasing Gem, this beautiful minor yields strong details and a soft glittery chocolate brown appeal." This type was struck at several mints (1851-A, B, E, G), The mintage from Vienna is not known but 106,458,000 are recorded from Kremnitz (B). We speculate that this was struck over several years with a frozen date. One convention thaler was 120 kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.8 g, copper, 25.9 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-2185.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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