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* [[Austria 1908 20 corona|1908 20 corona, on the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign]] | * [[Austria 1908 20 corona|1908 20 corona, on the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign]] | ||
* [[Austria 1908 100 corona Fr-514|1908 100 corona, on the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign]] | * [[Austria 1908 100 corona Fr-514|1908 100 corona, on the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign]] | ||
| + | * [[Austria 1914 corona|1914 corona]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1908]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1908]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:06, 20 January 2024
This specimen was lot 72522 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Corona, 1908. Franz Joseph I. PCGS MS-66. Tied for the finest certified example at PCGS. An interesting specimen with a stripe of untoned area in the middle and almost prooflike reflectivity under the toning." When Bismarck kicked Austria out of Germany after the war of 1866, German and Austrian coins began to diverge. The thaler was abandoned in 1872 for the florin, which in turn was superseded by the corona in 1892. The corona was used through World War One and briefly even after as the truncated republic of Austria tried to organize its affairs. This type was struck in 1908 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign. Enough were saved that it is more common than the regular issue. A slightly different design (KM 484) was minted at Kremnitz for Hungary but both were minted to the same standard, that of the French franc.
Recorded mintage: 4,784,992.
Specification: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-2808.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
Link to:
- 1907 corona
- France 1908 franc
- 1908 5 corona, on the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign
- 1908 ducat
- 1908 10 corona, on the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign
- 1908 20 corona, on the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign
- 1908 100 corona, on the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign
- 1914 corona
- Coins and currency dated 1908