Austria 1857-A 4 ducats Fr-484

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Künker sale 406, lot 3885

This specimen was lot 3885 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 Josef I. 1848-1916. 4 Dukaten 1857, A, Wien. 13,76 g Feingold. GOLD. RR Mehrere Randfehler, vorzüglich. (empire of Austria, Francis Joseph I, 1848-1916, four ducats of 1857, Vienna mint. Very rare, some rim bumps, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1854-59. It has the diameter of a thaler but is much thinner. It was never restruck, unlike the later type, so it remains scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.96 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 2271.1, Fr-484; J. 298; Schl. 363.

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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