Austria 1928 100 schilling
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This specimen was lot 31194 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $1,980. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 100 Schillings, 1928. Vienna Mint. PCGS PROOFLIKE-63. Bright and flashy with brilliant reflective fields, this nicely preserved early 20th century gold issue exhibits sharply struck frosty devices and prooflike mirrored fields. An attractive issue that is free of tone, haze or fog." This type was struck in limited numbers 1926-34 prior to the anschluss with Nazi Germany.
Recorded mintage: 40,188.
Specification: 23.52 g, 0.900 fine gold, 33 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Arnold Hartig.
Catalog reference: Herinek 5, Fr-520; KM-2842.
- 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.
- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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