Hungary 1869-GYF ducat Fr-238
This specimen was lot 6753 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $329. The catalog description[1] noted, "HUNGARY. Ducat, 1869-GYF. Karlsburg Mint. PCGS Genuine--Damage, EF Details Secure Holder. Two year type. Bag marks in fields with a few heavier small peck marks, slightly bent. Remaining luster in outer legends. From the Mezo-Toth Kalman Collection." This type of 1868-69 is rather scarcer than prior types despite the substantial mintage. Ducats were struck for Hungary as late as 1881 but this is likely to be the last issue of the Karlsburg mint.
Recorded mintage: 270,425 plus 106,614 with "KB" mintmark.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, 19.8 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Herinek 32, Veselý 87, Fr-238; KM-448.2; Huszar-2108.
- Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
- Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
- 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
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