Czechoslovakia 1980 ducat
This specimen was lot 6267 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,664 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"TSCHECHIEN, TSCHECHOSLOWAKEI, Republik. Dukat 1980, Kremnitz. 600. Todestag von Karl IV. Historisches Porträt Karls IV. 3,44 g Feingold. Fr-22; Schl. - (vgl. 83). GOLD. Stempelglanz. (people's republic of Czechoslovakia, ducat of 1980, 600th anniversary of the death of Charles IV. Uncirculated.)"
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: 10,000 proofs.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, 0.110 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM XM28, Fr-22; Schl. - (vgl. 83).
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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