Transylvania 1759 ducat Fr-543

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Sincona sale 101, lot 3295

This specimen was lot 3295 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 1,500 CHF (about US$2,261 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RDR / ÖSTERREICH Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Dukat 1759, Karlsburg. Gutes vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, ducat of 1759, Karlsburg mint. About Uncirculated.)"

This ducat was struck in Transylvania 1746-65, during the early part of the reign of Maria Theresia. After the death of her husband, Francis I, in 1765, a veiled bust (Fr-544) was used.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common for the series.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3.47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 610, Herinek 211, Fr-543.

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.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 101: World Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Swiss Confederate Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Shooting Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
  • 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).

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