Croatia 1996 500 kuna Fr-11
This specimen was lot 44277 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $408. The catalog description[1] noted, "CROATIA. 500 Kuna, 1996. NGC PROOF-70 Ultra Cameo. Zadar University issue. A technically flawless and brilliant Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." This NCLT is struck to the standard of a medieval ducat. Another 500 kuna struck in 1996 honored the city of Osijek.
Wikipedia comments, "The University of Zadar (Croatian: Sveučilište u Zadru, Latin: Universitas Studiorum Iadertina) is a university located in Zadar, Croatia. The university in its current modern form was founded in 2002, but can trace its lineage to 1396, thus making it the oldest tertiary institution in Croatia and one of the oldest in Europe."
Recorded mintage: 1,000 proofs.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, 18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-11; KM-55.
- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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