Austria 1786-B 2 ducats Fr-197

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Künker sale 352, lot 1638

This specimen was lot 1638 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, Josef II. 1765-1790. 2 Dukaten 1786, B, Kremnitz. GOLD. Sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, Joseph II, 1765-90, double ducat of 1786, Kremnitz mint. Very fine.)"

This type was struck 1783-90 at Vienna (mintmark A), Kremnitz in Hungary (mintmark B, shown here) and Karlsburg (mintmark E). Altho struck in Hungary, it uses an Austrian design. It is not rare.

Recorded mintage: 58,000.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.92 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1876, Fr-197; J. 23.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [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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