Austria 1776-CA ducat Fr-415

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Künker sale 400, lot 380

This specimen was lot 380 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,114 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Dukat 1776, CA, Wien. GOLD. Attraktives Exemplar, vorzüglich/vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, ducat of 1776, Vienna mint. Attractive example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

Austrian ducats of 1776 feature either emperor Joseph II (KM 1859) or his mother, Maria Theresia (KM 1842, KM 1858). This type was struck at Vienna 1765-80 and shows the veiled bust of the empress, adopted after the death of her husband Francis I.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1842, Eypeltauer 184 b; Fr-415.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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