Olmutz 1820 ducat Fr-107
This specimen was lot 30291 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $9,000. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Olmutz. Ducat, 1820. Vienna Mint. Rudolph Johann von Oesterreich. NGC MS-64 Prooflike. Undoubtedly one of the more tantalizing and exceptional examples of the type extant, this glistening near-Gem radiates with tremendous mirroring to the fields and a subtle frosting of the devices, ultimately yielding a dazzling cameo nature. Compare to a similar specimen, though clearly inferior, that realized a hammer of €12,000 in October 2021. From the Augustana Collection." Archduke Rudolf Johann was the last archbishop to issue coins for his state. In 1820, he had minted a twenty kreuzer, half thaler, thaler and ducat (shown here). This ecclesiastical state was in Moravia, then part of Austria, now the Czech Republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, 21.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-107; KM-496.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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