Austria 1909 20 corona Fr-509

Künker sale 386, lot 6020

This specimen was lot 6020 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$8,399 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"KAISERREICH ÖSTERREICH, Franz Josef I. 1848-1916. 20 Kronen 1909, Wien. 6,10 g Feingold. GOLD. RR Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (empire of Austria, Francis Joseph, 1848-1916, twenty coronas of 1909, Vienna mint. Very rare, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1909-16. 1910 is the only common date. It varies from the prior Fr-508 by having the engraver's signature included and obverse legend uninterrupted.

Recorded mintage: 227,754 (including Fr-508).

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.900 fine gold, .196 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 2817, Fr-509; J. 387; Schl. 659.

Source:

• 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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