Austria 1873 1/4 florin
This specimen was lot 42014 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 1/4 Florin (1/4 Gulden), 1873. Vienna Mint. Franz Joseph. PCGS MS-64. RARE as a type but especially so in this condition, taking the spot as the sole finest example certified by PCGS or NGC by two full points. Peachy toning decorates the satiny fields, with only light wispiness preventing a Gem designation." When Bismarck kicked Austria out of Germany after the war of 1866, German and Austrian coins began to diverge. The thaler was abandoned in 1872 for the florin, which in turn was superseded by the corona in 1892. This quarter florin was struck 1872-75 at Vienna and all dates are scarce to rare.
Recorded mintage: 50,000.
Specification: 5.34 g, 0.520 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-2217.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
- Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
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