View source for Transylvania 1777-HS ducat Fr-544

[[Image:Transylvania 1777 ducat obv H3029-30310.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3029, lot 30310]]
[[Image:Transylvania 1777 ducat rev H3029-30310.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 30310 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $3,671.88. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Maria Theresia gold Ducat 1777-HS, MS63 NGC. Crowned double-headed eagle with date and value. Full mint brilliance with sharply defined features and surfaces free of significant imperfections. A very popular area at the present, and Mint State examples like the present coin always generate considerable interest." The princes of [[Transylvania]] were sandwiched between the Ottoman Empire to the south and the Hapsburg dominions to the west and attempted to maintain independence from both. The Hapsburgs reconquered Hungary from the Turks in the 1680's and ended Transylvanian autonomy. This type is listed for 1765-80. Unlike the Empire, where Maria Theresia had to rule thru her husband Franz (and later her son Joseph), she was queen of Hungary outright.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 646, Fr-544.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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. 
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, ''Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013. 

''Link to:''
* [[Transylvania 1749 1/4 ducat Fr-547|1749 quarter ducat]]
* [[Transylvania 1772-HG 1/4 ducat Fr-547|1772-HG quarter ducat, Karlsburg mint]]
* [[Transylvania 1773-HG ducat Fr-544|1773-HG ducat]]
* [[Transylvania 1777-G BV 1/4 ducat Fr-194|1777-G quarter ducat, Nagybánya mint]]
* [[Transylvania 1778-HS 1/8 ducat Fr-548|1778-HS eighth ducat, Karlsburg mint]]
* [[Transylvania 1778-HS 2 ducat Fr-541|1778-HS double ducat, Karlsburg mint]]
* [[Transylvania 1780-HG 1/4 ducat Fr-547|1780-HG quarter ducat, Karlsburg mint]]
* [[Transylvania 1780-HS 1/2 ducat Fr-545|1780-HS half ducat, Karlsburg mint]]
* [[Hungary 1780-IB IV ducat Fr-183|1780-IB IV ducat, Nagybánya mint]]
* [[Transylvania 1780-HS 2 ducat Fr-541|1780-HS double ducat, Karlsburg mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1777]]
* return to coins of [[Transylvania]]

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