Austria 1609 8 ducats Fr-90

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Künker Auction 439, lot 2264

This specimen was lot 2264 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €20,000 (about US$27,514 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Matthias, 1608-1612-1619. 8 Dukaten 1609, Wien. Geprägt mit den Stempeln des Halbtalers. a MATTHIAS II . D : G : REX HVN : DESIG : INREG : BOHE : Gekröntes und geharnischtes Brustbild r. Löwenkopfschulter, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//a ARCHID : AVS : DVX BVR - MAR : MO : CO : TYR : 1609 Gekröntes, mehrfeldiges Wappen, umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. GOLD. Von allergrößter Seltenheit. Im Gewicht von 8 Dukaten unediert. Einige Kratzer und Randfehler, kl. Probierspur, sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Exemplar der Auktion Münchner Münzhandlung Karl Kreß 130, München 1964, Nr. 1350. (Holy Roman Empire, Matthias, 1612-19, eight ducats of 1609, Vienna mint, struck with half thaler dies. Obverse: crowned, armored and mantled bust right with order chain and lion on the shoulder; reverse: crowned manifold arms, order chain around. Supremely rare, unpublished in eight ducat weight. Fine scratches, rim bumps and tooling marks, very fine.)"

The catalog numbers shown below are for the six ducat piece struck with these dies.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 27,66 g.

Catalog reference: KM 111 (in 6 ducat weight), Fr-90 (in 6 ducat weight); M. z. A. S95 (in 6 ducat weight).

Sources:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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.
  • [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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