Austria 1713 ducat Fr-375

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Künker Auction 439, lot 2289

This specimen was lot 2289 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €5,000 (about US$6,879 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Karl VI., 1711-1740. Dukat 1713, Wien. GOLD. Seltener Jahrgang. Winz. Kratzer, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Erworben 1966 von der Bank Leu AG, Zürich. (Holy Roman Empire, Charles VI, 1711-40, ducat of 1713, Vienna mint. Rare date, light hairlines, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1713-21, 1726-31 and 1735-40 and is common for a ducat of the period. Numista states the later dates are substantially different from the early dates, such as the one shown here.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1559, Fr-375; Herinek 57.

Sources:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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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