https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Austria_1755-WI_ducat_Fr-425Austria 1755-WI ducat Fr-425 - Revision history2026-07-04T04:45:58ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.0https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=Austria_1755-WI_ducat_Fr-425&diff=605165&oldid=prevLatinKing2020 at 17:56, 14 January 20262026-01-14T17:56:07Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This specimen was lot 76150 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $780. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Austria|AUSTRIA]]. Ducat, 1755. Vienna Mint. Franz I. PCGS Genuine--Ex Jewelry, EF Details. A difficult type that remains quite alluring despite evidence of past jewelry use. From the G. L. Hermann Collection." This type was struck 1745-65 from Vienna (WI, shown here), [[Austria 1758-HA ducat Fr-427|Hall (HA)]], [[Austria 1758-NB ducat Fr-188|Nagybanya (NB]]), [[Austria 1758-CA ducat Fr-187|Karlsburg (CA]]), Graz (GR) and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Prague (</del>[[Austria 1754-PR ducat Fr-428|PR]]) but is not common. On the death of Charles VI in 1740, the redoubtable Maria Theresia was crowned archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary but, being a woman, could not be given the imperial crown. Therefore, after much debate and a war fomented by Frederick the Great of Prussia, her husband Francis of Lorraine was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1745.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This specimen was lot 76150 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $780. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Austria|AUSTRIA]]. Ducat, 1755. Vienna Mint. Franz I. PCGS Genuine--Ex Jewelry, EF Details. A difficult type that remains quite alluring despite evidence of past jewelry use. From the G. L. Hermann Collection." This type was struck 1745-65 from Vienna (WI, shown here), [[Austria 1758-HA ducat Fr-427|Hall (HA)]], [[Austria 1758-NB ducat Fr-188|Nagybanya (NB]]), [[Austria 1758-CA ducat Fr-187|Karlsburg (CA]]), Graz (GR) and [[Austria 1754-PR ducat Fr-428|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Prague (</ins>PR]]) but is not common. On the death of Charles VI in 1740, the redoubtable Maria Theresia was crowned archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary but, being a woman, could not be given the imperial crown. Therefore, after much debate and a war fomented by Frederick the Great of Prussia, her husband Francis of Lorraine was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1745.</div></td></tr>
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</table>LatinKing2020https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=Austria_1755-WI_ducat_Fr-425&diff=605162&oldid=prevLatinKing2020: Created page with "Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 76150 thumb This specimen was lot 76150 in..."2026-01-14T17:54:40Z<p>Created page with "<a href="/index.php/File:SB1125-76150o.jpg" title="File:SB1125-76150o.jpg">300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 76150</a> <a href="/index.php/File:SB1125-76150r.jpg" title="File:SB1125-76150r.jpg">300px|thumb</a> This specimen was lot 76150 in..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:SB1125-76150o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 76150]]<br />
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This specimen was lot 76150 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $780. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Austria|AUSTRIA]]. Ducat, 1755. Vienna Mint. Franz I. PCGS Genuine--Ex Jewelry, EF Details. A difficult type that remains quite alluring despite evidence of past jewelry use. From the G. L. Hermann Collection." This type was struck 1745-65 from Vienna (WI, shown here), [[Austria 1758-HA ducat Fr-427|Hall (HA)]], [[Austria 1758-NB ducat Fr-188|Nagybanya (NB]]), [[Austria 1758-CA ducat Fr-187|Karlsburg (CA]]), Graz (GR) and Prague ([[Austria 1754-PR ducat Fr-428|PR]]) but is not common. On the death of Charles VI in 1740, the redoubtable Maria Theresia was crowned archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary but, being a woman, could not be given the imperial crown. Therefore, after much debate and a war fomented by Frederick the Great of Prussia, her husband Francis of Lorraine was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1745.<br />
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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.<br />
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''Specification:'' 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, 21 mm diameter.<br />
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''Catalog reference:'' Fr-425; KM-1725.2. <br />
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br />
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. <br />
* 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. <br />
* Herinek, Gerhard, ''Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage,'' Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.<br />
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. <br />
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction'', Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.<br />
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''Link to:''<br />
* [[Austria 1749-WI ducat Fr-425|1749-WI ducat, Vienna mint, Francis I]]<br />
* [[Transylvania 1754 ducat Fr-543|1754 ducat, Karlsburg mint]]<br />
* [[Austria 1755 thaler Dav-1121|1755 thaler, Hall mint]]<br />
* [[Bohemia 1755 thaler Dav-1136|1755 thaler, Prague mint]]<br />
* [[Austria 1754-PR ducat Fr-428|1754-PR ducat, Prague mint, Francis I]]<br />
* [[Austria 1755-CA ducat Fr-187|1755-CA ducat, Karlsburg mint]]<br />
* [[Transylvania 1755 ducat Fr-543|1755 ducat, Maria Theresia, Karlsburg mint]]<br />
* [[Bohemia 1755 ducat Fr-53b|1755 ducat, Maria Theresia, Prague mint]] <br />
* [[Austria 1755 ducat Fr-406|1755 ducat, Maria Theresia, Vienna mint]]<br />
* [[Austria 1757-WI ducat Fr-425|1757-WI ducat, Vienna mint, Francis I]]<br />
* [[Coins and currency dated 1755]]<br />
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