Hungary 1794 ducat Fr-209

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75423

This specimen was lot 75423 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $690. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY. Ducat, 1794. Kremnica Mint. Franz II. PCGS AU-55. A lovely nearly-Mint example, with handsome lustrous beauty and much eye appeal throughout." This type was struck at the Kremnitz mint 1792-99 and is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-209; KM-410; Huszar-1920.

Source:

• 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.
• Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Links to:

• 1792 ducat, Kremnitz mint
• 1794-B ducat, Kremnitz mint
• 1794-E ducat, Karlsburg mint
• 1794-G ducat, Nagybánya mint
• 1796-G ducat, Nagybánya mint
• 1797 ducat, Kremnitz mint
• Coins and currency dated 1794