Austria 1854-E ducat Fr-233
This specimen was lot 33562 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "Austria: Franz Joseph I gold Ducat 1854-E MS61 NGC, Karlsburg mint. A better date on this popular type, with some very faint scatterings of handling demarcations, and a considerable reflectivity within the fields." Gold ducats were struck throughout Franz Josef's long reign and come in many types. This type was struck 1852-59 at Vienna ("A"), Kremnitz ("B"), Karlsburg (shown here), Milan ("M") and Venice ("V"). This is a common date.
Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, 19.8 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Herinek 1, Veselý 49, Fr-233 (under Hungary), KM 2263.
- 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.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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