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[[Image:Czechoslovakia 1933 2 dukaty obv Ponterio 152-7086.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 152, lot 7086]]
[[Image:Czechoslovakia 1933 2 dukaty rev Ponterio 152-7086.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates]]

This specimen was lot 7086 in Ponterio sale 152 (New York, January 2010), where it sold for $1,380. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "CZECHOSLOVAKIA. 2 Dukaty, 1933. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED."  During the brief existence of the first republic of [[Czechoslovakia]] (1918-39), the Kremnica mint managed to produce some handsome coins, including this scarce type issued 1923, 1929-38 and restruck in 1951. It was accompanied by a gold ducat, five ducats and ten ducats. The obverse portrait is of "good" king Wenceslas, he of the well-known Christmas carol.

''Recorded mintage:'' 4,671.

''Specification:'' 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, .221 troy oz AGW, 25 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by J. Benda and O. Daniel. 

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-1; KM 9. 

''[[Bibliography|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.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, ''Ponterio sale 152: The 2010 NYINC Auction,'' Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.

''Link to:''
* [[Czechoslovakia 1928 2 dukaty|1928 2 dukaty, 10th anniversary of the republic]]
* [[Czechoslovakia 1932 2 dukaty]]
* [[Czechoslovakia 1933 20 haleru|1933 20 haleru]]
* [[Czechoslovakia 1933 10 korun|1933 10 korun]]
* [[Czechoslovakia 1933 25 haleru|1933 25 haleru]]
* [[Czechoslovakia 1933 dukat Fr-2|1933 dukat]]
* [[Czechoslovakia 1933 dukat Fr-12|1933 dukat Anton Svehla]]
* [[Czechoslovakia 1933 5 dukatu|1933 5 dukatu]]
* [[Czechoslovakia 1933 10 dukatu|1933 10 dukatu]]
* [[Czechoslovakia 1949 50 korun]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1933]]
* return to coins of [[Czechoslovakia]]

[[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]][[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 152]]