Austria 1794-A souverain d'or Fr-468
This specimen was lot 76178 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS. Souverain d'Or, 1794-A. Vienna Mint. Franz II. PCGS Genuine--Mount Removed, AU Details. Though slight edge bumps and surface marks suggest previous use within a bezel, this gold issue has retained a strong brilliance and highly presentable strike. From the G. L. Hermann Collection." This type is filed under the Austrian Netherlands, an area which is now Belgium and Luxembourg. Besides Vienna, similar coins are known from Hall, Milan, Kremnitz and Brussels. The type was struck at Vienna 1792-98 and previous souverains d'or date back to the reign of Maria Theresa.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.06 g, 0.919 fine gold, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-468; KM-64.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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- 1793-A souverain d'or, Vienna mint
- 1793-V souverain d'or, Venice mint
- 1794-A kronenthaler
- 1794 kronenthaler, Brussels mint
- Milan 1794-M crocione Dav-1390
- 1794-B ducat, Kremnitz mint
- 1794-E ducat, Karlsburg mint
- 1794-G ducat, Nagybánya mint
- 1794-A demi-souverain d'or, Vienna mint
- 1794-F demi-souverain d'or, Hall mint
- Coins and currency dated 1794