Czechoslovakia 1933 dukat Fr-2
This specimen was lot 2074 in Sincona sale 66 (Zürich, October 2020), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$1,053 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"CZECHOSLOVAKIA | misc. Republik. Dukat 1933, Kremnitz. St. Wenzel. Fast FDC. (republic of Czechoslovakia, ducat of 1933, Kremnitz mint. Obverse: St. Wenceslas. About uncirculated.)"
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 two ducats, five ducats and ten ducats. The obverse portrait is of "good" king Wenceslas, he of the well-known Christmas carol.
Recorded mintage: 57,597.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 8, Schl. 24, Fr-2.
- 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]Jürg Richter, Auction 66, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, featuring the Claude Stritt Collection, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2020.
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