Austria 1733 1/4 ducat Fr-384

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Künker Auction 439, lot 2291

This specimen was lot 2291 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,201 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Karl VI., 1711-1740. 1/4 Dukat 1733, Wien. GOLD. R Vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Exemplar der Auktion Münzen und Medaillen AG 15, Basel 1955, Nr. 543. (Holy Roman Empire, Charles VI, 1711-40, quarter ducat of 1733, Vienna mint. Rare, extremely fine.)"

This product of the Vienna mint was struck only in 1733.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.85-0.87 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0,86 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1653, Fr-384; Herinek 232.

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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