Austria 1738 ducat Fr-377
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This specimen was lot 1401 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$9,204 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Karl VI., 1711-1740. Dukat 1738, Graz. GOLD. Vorzüglich/Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, Charles VI, 1711-40, ducat of 1738, Graz mint. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck at Graz in Styria 1713, 1720-22, 1728 and 1738-40. It is not mintmarked but the reverse legend ends "BURG·ET·STYRIÆ".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3,48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1557, Fr-377; Herinek 73.
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- [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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