Austria 1760-CA ducat Fr-187

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Sincona sale 90, lot 1609

This specimen was lot 1609 in Sincona sale 90 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 700 CHF (about US$940 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RDR / ÖSTERREICH, Franz I. 1745-1765. Dukat 1760, Karlsburg. Für Siebenbürgen. Gutes sehr schön. Winzige Henkelspur und kleine Kratzer. (Holy Roman Empire, Francis I, 1765-90, ducat of 1760, Karlsburg mint, for Transylvania. Good very fine, Tiny mount mark and some small scratches.)"

This type was struck 1745-65 from Vienna (WI), Hall (HA), Nagybanya (NB), Karlsburg (CA, shown here), Graz (GR) and Prague (PR) but is not common. On the death of Charles VI in 1740, the redoubtable Maria Theresia was crowned Archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary but, being a woman, could not be given the imperial crown. Therefore, after much debate and a war fomented by Frederick the Great of Prussia, her husband Francis of Lorraine was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1745.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1725.2, Huszar 1775, Herinek 82, Fr-187 (listed under Transylvania).

Source:

  • 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.
  • Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 90, Münzen und Medaillen der Welt, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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