Austria 1698 ducat Fr-276
This specimen was lot 1396 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,531 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I., 1657-1705. Dukat 1698 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1697 geändert), Wien. Die Vorderseitenumschrift beginnt unten links mit LEOPOLD Æ. GOLD. Unedierter Jahrgang. Min. Schrötlingsfehler, kl. Kratzer, fast vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, ducat of 1698, Vienna mint, 1698/7 overdate, the obverse legend begins on the left. Unpublished date, planchet flaw, hairlines, about extremely fine.)"
This type is noted for 1660-1705 in Friedberg and 1683-1704 in the SCWC. Despite the many years of issue, it is not common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1325 (unlisted date), Fr-276 (unlisted date); Herinek -.
- 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, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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