Czechoslovakia 1923 2 dukaty
This specimen was lot 2875 in Goldberg sale 59 (Beverly Hills, June 2010), where it sold for $1,006.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "Czechoslovakia. 2 Ducats, 1923. Half-length figure of St. Wenceslas. Reverse: Shield. NGC graded MS-62." During the brief existence of the first republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-39), the Kremnica mint managed to produce some handsome coins, including this scarce type issued 1923, 1929-38 and restruck in 1951. It was accompanied by a gold ducat, five ducats and ten ducats. The obverse portrait is of "good" king Wenceslas, he of the well-known Christmas carol.
Recorded mintage: 4,000.
Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, .221 troy oz AGW, 25 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by J. Benda and O. Daniel.
Catalog reference: Fr-1; KM 9.
- 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]Ira & Larry Goldberg, Goldberg sale 59: the pre-Long Beach sale, Beverly Hills, 2010.
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