Austria 1826-B ducat Fr-218
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This specimen was lot 3879 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,887 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"KAISERREICH ÖSTERREICH, Franz I. 1804-1835. Dukat 1826, B, Kremnitz. 3,44 g Feingold. GOLD. Vorzüglich. (empire of Austria, Francis I, 1804-35, ducat of 1826, Kremnitz mint. Extremely fine.)"
This ducat was struck for Francis I 1825-31 at three mints, including Kremnitz (shown here). Altho produced in Hungary, this type is listed with Austria as the standard Austrian design was used. This is noted as a slightly better date.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 2171, Fr-218; J. 199; Schl. 198.
- 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
- [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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