Austria 1600 ducat Fr-87
This specimen was lot 2262 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,402 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Rudolf II., 1576-1612. Dukat 1600, Wien. Mit · LADISLAS · in der Rückseitenumschrift. GOLD. RR Leicht gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Erworben 1972 von der Tiroler Münzhandlung Sigmund Werkner, Innsbruck. (Holy Roman Empire, Rudolf II, 1576-1612, ducat of 1600, Vienna mint, with '· LADISLAS ·' in the reverse legend. Very rare, slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"
Friedberg lists this type from Vienna for 1577-1618 and from Prague (Fr-88) for 1594-1611.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,46 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB712, Fr-87; M. z. A. S. 86.
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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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