Czechoslovakia 1930 dukat

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 20369

This specimen was lot 20369 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Dukat, 1930. Kremnica Mint. NGC MS-63. Nice strike with soft satin luster and quite good eye appeal." During the brief existence of the first republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-39), the Kremnica mint managed to produce gold one dukat, two dukaty and five and ten dukatu issues 1923-38. The obverse portrait is of "good" king Wenceslas, he of the well-known Christmas carol.

Recorded mintage: 11,338.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, 0.109 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Fr-2; KM-8.

Source:

• 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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