Czechoslovakia 1929 dukat Fr-10

Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 20102

This specimen was lot 20102 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Gold Medallic Ducat, 1929. PCGS MS-63. Commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Christianity in Bohemia, this example offers a high degree of brilliance and luster and a sharp strike, and stands with just six finer in the PCGS census." During the brief existence of the first republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-39), the Kremnica mint managed to produce gold one dukat, two dukaty and five and ten dukatu issues featuring king Wenceslas. This commemorative is considered a non-circulating medal, altho the regular Wenceslas ducats didn't circulate either.

Recorded mintage: 1,631.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-10; KM-M7.

Source:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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