Austria 1888 florin

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 45336

This specimen was lot 45336 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Florin (Gulden), 1888. Vienna Mint. Franz Joseph I. NGC MS-64." The florin superseded the old half thaler and was struck 1857-92 with various busts of Franz Josef. This is a common date.

Recorded mintage: 6,572,000.

Specification: 12.34 g, 0.900 fine silver, .357 troy oz AGW, 29.2 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Herinek 31, Veselý 67, KM-2222.

Source:

• 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, 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.

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