Hungary 1698-NB IB ducat Fr-152
This specimen was lot 1185 in Sincona Auction 107 (Zürich, October 2026), where it sold for 17,000 CHF (about US$24,766 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RDR / ÖSTERREICH Leopold I. 1657-1705. Dukat 1698/7 NB, Nagybanya. Stempel in der Jahreszahl aus 1687 geändert. Der gekrönte Kaiser im Mantel mit gegürtetem Schwert steht nach rechts, geschultertes Zepter in der Rechten, Reichsapfel in der Linken. Rv. Die thronende Madonna mit Zepter und Christuskind im Strahlenkranz, darunter das ungarische Wappen. Sehr selten. Gutes vorzüglich. Überdurchschnittliche Erhaltung. Erworben für 90 Franken bei der Bank Leu in Zürich am 21.11.1954. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, ducat of 1698, Nagybanya mint, 1698/7 overdate. Obverse: the crowned and mantled figure of the emperor stands right, with sword, scepter and orb; reverse: the enthroned Madonna and Child in a glory, the Hungarian arms below. Very rare, About Uncirculated, Extraordinary condition.)"
This type was struck at the Nagybánya mint in Hungary 1683, 1687, 1691-98. Unusually, it features a mintmark and mintmasters initials; Hapsburg coins usually had one or the other but not both.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.46 g.
Catalog reference: KM Huszar 1329. Herinek 393. Fr-152.
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- 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.
- Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
- [1]Richter, Jurg, Michael Hardmeier, Michael Otto, Arne Kirsch, Ruedi Kunzmann and Timur Demirai, SINCONA Auction 107: The Hugo von Ziegler-Schindler Collection of Numismatic Rarities, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2026.
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