CNG 93, Lot: 1456. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Sigismund Franz. Archduke, 1662-1665. AR Schraubtaler (41mm, 12.76 g, 7h). Hall mint. Dated 1665. Bust right / Crowned coat-of-arms within Order of the Golden Fleece collar.. Cf. Moser & Tursky 531 (for coin); cf. Davenport 3370 (same). Obverse threaded for use as lid had paper decorated with painted female portrait attached (present, but detached). Also included are seven hand painted mica overlays illustrating various contemporary costumes. VF, coin toned, one mica disk chipped, the other creased. Rare and unusual.