Austria 1753 ducat Fr-408

Künker sale 423, lot 178

This specimen was lot 178 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €11,000 (about US$15,576 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Dukat 1753, Hall. Brustbild r. mit Diadem und umgelegtem Mantel//Gekrönter Doppeladler mit Kopfscheinen, auf der Brust gekröntes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Ungarn, Böhmen / Österreich, Burgund), mit Mittelschild (Tirol). GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Leichte Druckstellen im Feld der Vorderseite, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Gerhard Hirsch 136, München 1983, Nr. 527. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, ducat of 1753, Hall mint. Obverse: diademed and mantled bust right; reverse: crowned and nimbate double-headed eagle supports the crowned arms of Hungary, Bohemia, Austria and Burgundy with the escutcheon of Tyrol. Extremely rare, light pressure marks on the obverse, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1742-65 with this subtype with quartered arms on the eagle is listed for 1747-65. Double ducats (Fr-405) also exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,48 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1756, Eypeltauer 67; Fr-408; M./T. 1266.

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.
• Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol, 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 423: Coins and medals from Tyrol - The collection of Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Wohnlich., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

Link to:

• 1750 ducat, Hall mint
• 1753-HA 30 kreuzer, Francis I
• 1753-HA thaler, Hall mint, Francis I
• 1753 thaler, Hall mint, Maria Theresia
• Sinzendorf 1753 ducat Fr-3291
• 1753-PR ducat, Prague mint, Francis I
• Coins and currency dated 1753