Austria 1675 1/3 ducat Fr-287
This specimen was lot 2274 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,027 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I., 1657-1705. 1/3 Dukat 1675, Wien. GOLD. RR Kl. Knickspur, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Exemplar der Auktion Dorotheum Kunstabteilung 255, Wien, Dezember 1962, Nr. 67. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, one-third ducat of 1675, Vienna mint. Very rare, light crease, extremely fine.)"
This unusual denomination was struck 1675 only along with a twelfth ducat (KM 1282). Numista states the rosette was the privy mark for Franz Faber.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.16 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 1,14 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1284, Fr-287; Herinek 453.
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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.
- [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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