Czechoslovakia 1978 ducat
This specimen was lot 30119 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Gold Medallic Ducat, 1979. Kremnica Mint. NGC MS-66. Obverse: Bust of Charles IV right; Reverse: Lion arms of Czechoslovakia. An attractive example honoring the 600th anniversary of the death of Charles IV, the present specimen provides wholesome luster in the fields and details free of haymarking or hits. Rather brilliant, and supremely reflective, this example is near the pinnacle of Gem coins, and comes within a hairsbreadth of crossing the threshold to Superb Gem. From the Augustana Collection." This type was struck 1978-82 in the waning days of the communist regime, which collapsed in 1989-90. The SCWC includes this with its Unusual World Coins.
Recorded mintage: 7,707.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-22; KMX-28; Novotny-138.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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