Austria 1897 20 corona

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 22172

This specimen was lot 22172 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $504. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 20 Corona, 1897. PCGS MS-65 Secure Holder. Highly elusive quality, this coin being the only example to appear above the MS-62 grade in either of the PCGS or NGC population reports."

Recorded mintage: 5,132,829.

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

Catalog reference: Herinek 24, Veselý 118, Fr-504; 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

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