Austria 1848 (1898)-A ducat Fr-489

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Künker sale 406, lot 3894

This specimen was lot 3894 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,099 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"KAISERREICH ÖSTERREICH, Franz Josef I. 1848-1916. Dukat 1848/1898, A, Wien, auf das 50jährige Regierungsjubiläum. 3,44 g Feingold. GOLD. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Aurea Numismatika 61, Prag 2015, Nr. 76. (empire of Austria, Francis Joseph I, 1848-1916, ducat of 1848, struck in Vienna in 1898 for the golden jubilee of his reign. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

Altho this coin is dated 1848, no ducats were actually minted for Francis Joseph that year (ducats (KM 2262) exist for Ferdinand, who abdicated in 1848). These were made in 1898 and backdated for the golden jubilee of Franz Josef's reign.

Recorded mintage: 27,000 plus more struck for Ferdinand.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 2268, Fr-489; J. 395; Schl. 582.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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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