Czechoslovakia 1931 2 dukaty
This specimen was lot 20367 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $2,280. The catalog description[1] noted, "CZECHOSLOVAKIA. 2 Dukats (Ducats), 1931. Kremnica Mint. PCGS MS-64 Gold Shield. A difficult issue to encounter in a near-Gem grade such as this. Indeed, it is currently tied with just two other examples graded this highly by PCGS. Fully lustrous and brilliant, with a very slight carbon spot near the duke's shoulder noted merely for completeness. From the Paul J. Smith Collection." 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: 2,994.
Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, 0.219 troy oz ASW.
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]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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