Austria 1854-A gulden
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This specimen was lot 74333 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Gulden, 1854-A. Franz Joseph I. UNCIRCULATED." This is universally catalogued as a gulden, a denomination not introduced until 1857, and then at a weight of 12.34 g. This is actually a half thaler, struck for the wedding of Franz Josef and Elizabeth of Bavaria. The wedding was a success but the marriage was not; the beautiful "Sisi" turned out to be a manic-depressive who was murdered by an anarchist.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 12.99 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM X-1.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
- Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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