Hungary 1780-IB IV ducat Fr-183
This specimen was lot 1410 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$4,248 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Dukat 1780 IB-IV, Nagybánya. GOLD. RR Min. berieben, fast vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, ducat of 1780, Nagybánya mint. Very rare, lightly polished, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1766-71 and 1774-80 at Nagybánya using a Madonna reverse. Thus this coin is filed under Hungary even tho it was made in Transylvania.
Recorded mintage: unknown but not rare.
Specifications: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3,49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 382, Eypeltauer 303; Fr-183.
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- [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.
Links:
- 1777-HS ducat, Maria Theresia, Karlsburg mint
- Hungary 1780-N kreuzer, Nagybánya mint
- 1780-HG quarter ducat, Karlsburg mint
- 1780-HS half ducat, Karlsburg mint
- Austria 1780-G IB-IV ducat Fr-193 Joseph II
- 1780-HS double ducat, Karlsburg mint
- Austria 1780-E HS 2 ducats Fr-191
- 1782-G ducat, Nagybánya mint
- Coins and currency dated 1780