Austria 1878 florin
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This specimen was lot 72127 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $110. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Florin, 1878. Vienna Mint. Franz Joseph I. PCGS MS-65. A fully argent Gem, this blazing example offers cartwheel radiance and beaming luster throughout its seemingly flawless surfaces." The florin superseded the old half thaler and was struck 1857-92 with various busts of Franz Josef. This date is common but the reported mintage seems outsize.
Recorded mintage: 18,963,072.
Specification: 12.34 g, 0.900 fine silver, 29.2 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Herinek 31, Veselý 67, KM 2222.
- 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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