Hungary 1733-NB ducat Fr-173
This specimen was lot 1400 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,841 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Karl VI., 1711-1740. Dukat 1733 NB, Nagybánya. GOLD. R Sehr schön +. (Holy Roman Empire, Charles VI, 1711-40, Nagybánya ducat of 1733, mint. Rare, very fine or better.)"
While the ducats of the seventeenth century were issued by the local princes and vary widely in design, by the reign of Charles VI (father of Maria Theresia), Transylvania was firmly under Hapsburg control. This one uses a Hungarian design (standing emperor obverse, Madonna reverse) and was struck 1727-35 with the NB mintmark. Another Transylvanian ducat exists (KM 581) with the emperor's bust on the obverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3,44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 306.1 (listed under Hungary, Fr-173; Herinek 186.
- 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, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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