Austria 1867-A 4 ducats Fr-486
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This specimen was lot 21032 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $5,280. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 4 Ducats, 1867-A. Vienna Mint. Franz Joseph I. PCGS MS-61 Gold Shield. A bright and flashy Dollar size gold coin with brilliant reflectivity in the protected areas and frosty devices. An ever popular type with lots of cross over potential certain to see spirited bidding from many collectors." This type was struck 1867-72. It has the diameter of a thaler but is much thinner.
Recorded mintage: 18,856.
Specification: 13.96 g, 0.986 fine gold, 39 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Herinek 10, Veselý 47, Fr-486; KM-2274.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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