Austria 1759-NB ducat Fr-188

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Künker sale 352, lot 1635

This specimen was lot 1635 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,670 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Franz I. 1745-1765. Dukat 1759, N-B, Nagybánya. GOLD. R Fassungsspuren, berieben, sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, Francis I, 1745-65, ducat of 1759, Nagybánya mint. Rare, mountmark, polished, very fine.)"

This type was struck for the Hapsburgs 1745-65 and is fairly common. We will follow the SCWC and file this under Austria altho it can also be considered Hungarian or Transylvanian. Francis I nominally ruled all three realms altho Maria Theresia made all the decisions. This type was struck with mintmarks PR (Prague), WI (Vienna), HA (Hall), NB (Nagybánya, shown here), CA (Karlsburg) and GR (Graz).

Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.46 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1725.2, Fr-188; Herinek 96.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
  • 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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