Austria 1787-F ducat Fr-440
This specimen was lot 201 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,275 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Joseph II., 1765-1790. Dukat 1787 F, Hall. Büste r. mit Lorbeerkranz, darunter die Münzstättensignatur F//Gekrönter Doppeladler mit Kopfscheinen und Schwert und Zepter in den Fängen, auf der Brust gekröntes, zweifeldiges Wappen (Österreich-Lothringen), umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. GOLD. Sehr schön/vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion H. D. Rauch 26, Wien 1980, Nr. 1723. (Holy Roman Empire, Joseph II, 1765-90, ducat of 1787, Hall mint. Obverse: laureate bust right, mintmark below; reverse: crowned and nimbate double headed eagle with sword and scepter in its claws, supporting the crowned impaled arms of Austria and Lorraine, order chain around. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck at six mints 1780-90 and is common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 3,48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1873, Fr-440; J. 21; Herinek 59; M./T. 1330.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 423: Coins and medals from Tyrol - The collection of Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Wohnlich., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
Link to:
- 1786-A double ducat, Vienna mint
- 1786-B double ducat, Kremnitz mint
- 1786-E double ducat, Karlsburg mint
- 1787-H 6 kreuzer, for Further Austria
- 1787-B 10 kreuzer
- 1787-F 20 kreuzer, Hall mint
- 1787-A ducat, Vienna mint
- 1787-B ducat, Kremnitz mint
- 1787-E ducat, Karlsburg mint
- 1787-E double ducat
- 1787-F demi-souverain d'or, Hall mint
- 1788-A ducat, Vienna mint
- 1788-F ducat, Hall mint
- Coins and currency dated 1787