Austria 1901 corona
This specimen was lot 72521 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Corona, 1901. Franz Joseph I. PCGS MS-65+. The finest certified example of the type at PCGS. Fully lustrous surfaces with just the hint of orange toning near the edges. An overall attractive and charming piece." 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 The thaler was abandoned in 1872 for the florin, which in turn was superseded by the corona in 1892. The corona was used through World War One and briefly even after as the truncated republic of Austria tried to organize its affairs. This type, the sole design used except for a commemorative issued in 1908, was struck 1892-1907. A slightly different design (KM 484) was minted at Kremnitz for Hungary but both were minted to the same standard, that of the French franc.
Recorded mintage: 10,387,000, the most common date.
Specification: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-2804.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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