Austria 1762-HA ducat Fr-427

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Sincona sale 97, lot 2001

This specimen was lot 2001 in SINCONA Auction 97 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 8,000 CHF (about US$11,604 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RDR / ÖSTERREICH, Franz I. 1745-1765. Dukat 1762 HA, Hall. Sehr selten. Das durch NGC höchstbewertete Exemplar. (Holy Roman Empire, Francis I, 1745-65, ducat of 1762, Hall mint. Very rare. NGC MS63, Finest certified by NGC.)"

This type was struck 1745-65 from Vienna (WI), Hall (HA, shown here), Nagybanya (NB), Karlsburg (CA), 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: 144,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM 1725.2, Herinek 55. Fr-427.

Sources:

  • 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 97: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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