Austria 1913 20 corona

Heritage sale 3094, lot 33130

This specimen was lot 33130 in Heritage sale 3094 (Chicago, August 2021), where it sold for $16,200. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Austria: Franz Joseph I gold 20 Corona 1913 MS61 NGC, Vienna mint. A fully uncirculated selection of this challenging issue, one of which few quality survivors exist. NGC has seen a mere three examples of the 1913 series to date, and this example ties with one other for the second-finest certified. Semi-watery and flashy in the fields, the offering displays a full strike and particularly crisp reverse details, with only a uniform and gentle dispersal of friction capping the assigned grade." This type was struck 1909-16. 1910 is the only common date, not counting the 1915, which has been restruck. It varies from the prior Fr-508 by having the engraver's signature included and obverse legend uninterrupted.

Recorded mintage: 28,058.

Specification: 6.78 g, .900 fine gold, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Herinek 27, Veselý 121, KM 2818, Fr-509.

Source:

• Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
• Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ANA WFOM World & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Signature Auction #3094, featuring the Cape Coral Collection, the WTR Collection and the Monaco Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.

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• 1912 20 corona
• 1913 2 corona, struck in aluminum
• Austria 1913 100 corona
• 1916 20 corona
• Coins and currency dated 1913