Austria 1864-A ducat Fr-491
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This specimen was lot 35244 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Ducat, 1864-A. Vienna Mint. Franz Joseph I. PCGS MS-61." This type was struck 1860-65 only but is common. Gold ducats were struck throughout Franz Josef's long reign and come in many types. This type is known from Vienna, Kremnitz, Venice and Karlsburg. After the reorganization of the Hapsburg empire into the Dual Monarchy in 1867, Hungary received her own coinage separate from Austrian issues.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, 0.1107 troy oz AGW, 19.8 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Herinek 2, Veselý 50, Fr-491; KM-2264.
- 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.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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