Austria 1848-B ducat Fr-225

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Künker sale 406, lot 3883

This specimen was lot 3883 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,

"KAISERREICH ÖSTERREICH, Ferdinand I. 1835-1848. Dukat 1848, B, Kremnitz. 3,44 g Feingold. GOLD. Vorzüglich. (empire of Austria, Ferdinand I, 1835-48, ducat of 1848, Kremnitz mint. Extremely fine.)"

This ducat was struck for Ferdinand 1837-48 at four mints, including Kremnitz (shown here). Altho produced in Hungary, this type is listed with Austria as the standard Austrian design was used. Ferdinand abdicated in 1848.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 2262, Fr-225; J. 247; Schl. 284.

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, 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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