Austria 1895 20 corona

Künker sale 264, lot 3528

This specimen was lot 3528 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €240 (about US$310 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Franz Josef I. 1848-1916. 20 Kronen 1895, Wien. 6,10 g Feingold. GOLD. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Austro-Hungarian empire, Francis Joseph I, 1848-1916. twenty coronas of 1895, Vienna mint. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type of 1892-1909 represents the final coinage reform of the Hapsburg regime before its collapse during World War One.

Recorded mintage: 2,265,926.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.900 fine gold, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Herinek 24, Veselý 118, Fr-504; J. 379; Schl. 629, KM 2806.

Source:

• Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
• Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

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