Austria 1767-A CK ducat Fr-431

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Künker sale 352, lot 1636

This specimen was lot 1636 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$8,350 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Josef II. 1765-1790. Dukat 1767, A/C-K, Wien. Kaiserdukat. GOLD. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Min. gewellt, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, Joseph II, 1765-90, ducat of 1767, Vienna mint. Scarce in this condition, slightly wavy, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck for Joseph II at Vienna 1765-80. Altho crowned German emperor on the death of Francis I, he did not rule alone until the death of Maria Theresia in 1780.

Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,48 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1842, Fr-431; Herinek -.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [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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