Austria 1791-G ducat Fr-208

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Künker sale 406, lot 3872

This specimen was lot 3872 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,115 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold II. 1790-1792. Dukat 1791, G, Nagybánya. GOLD. R Winz. Druckstelle, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold II, 1790-92, ducat of 1791, Nagybánya mint. Punch mark, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1790-92 at five mints and far outnumbers the rare Fr-446 with the shield reverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.45 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1883, Fr-208 (listed under Hungary); J. 82.

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.
  • 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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