Austria 1633 ducat Fr-172
This specimen was lot 2269 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,778 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand II., 1592-1618-1637. Dukat 1633, Wien. GOLD. RR Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Exemplar der Auktion Hess/Leu 13, Luzern 1959, Nr. 187. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand II, 1618-37, ducat of 1633, Vienna mint. Very rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1620-22, 1628-34 but all dates are rare. It was accompanied by a double ducat (Fr-169).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.41 g, 0.986 fine gold, 21-22 mm diameter, this specimen 3,44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 274, Fr-172; Herinek 180 (this example).
- 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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