Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
15 Kreuzers - Leopold I Hall
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 1676-1697 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Thaler (1520-1754) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Leopold I's 15 Kreuzer pieces from Hall in Tyrol occupy an awkward place in Habsburg monetary history — the denomination was explicitly created to address the chronic shortage of mid-range silver coinage during the prolonged fiscal strain of the Ottoman wars, particularly following the catastrophic siege of Vienna in 1683. The Hall mint, operating under the Tyrolian chamber, ran these continuously for over two decades precisely because demand never let up.
KM#1289 encompasses numerous die marriages across the span, and date collectors working this type will find certain years — particularly the early 1680s — genuinely difficult to locate.