Austria 1554 ducat Fr-36
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This specimen was lot 2249 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$8,254 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand I., 1522-1558-1564. Dukat 1554, Wien. GOLD. RR Vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Exemplar der Auktion Dorotheum Kunstabteilung 191, Wien, April 1956, Nr. 267. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I, 1522-64, ducat of 1554, Vienna mint. Very rare, extremely fine.)"
The SCWC lists this for 1534, 1538, 1543-54 but other dates likely exist.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,55 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB379, Fr-36; Markl 19.
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- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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