Austria 1865-V florin
This specimen was lot 74331 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Florin, 1865-V. Venice Mint. Franz Joseph. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details." The florin, about the size of a half dollar, was introduced in Austria in 1857 in a feeble attempt to decimalize the currency. It was accompanied by a quarter florin and a double florin and the half thaler was dropped. The mélange of billon small change was reorganized into twenty, ten, five, one and 5/10 kreuzer. This system obtained, tho the thaler and ducat continued, until another reform introduced the corona in 1892. This type was struck 1857-65 at Vienna (A), Kremnitz (B), Venice (V, shown here), Milan (M) and Karlsburg (E); this is a rare date.
Recorded mintage: 31,096.
Specification: 12.34 g, 0.900 fine silver, 29 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM-2219.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
Links to:
- 1864-A florin
- 1864-V florin
- 1865-A quarter florin
- 1865-A florin
- 1865-A thaler
- 1865-B thaler
- 1865-E thaler
- 1865-A double thaler
- 1865-B ducat
- 1865-E ducat, Karlsburg mint
- 1865-V ducat, Venice mint
- 1865-A quadruple ducat
- 1865-V 4 ducats
- 1866-A florin
- 1866-B florin
- 1866-V florin
- Coins and currency dated 1865