Czechoslovakia 1934 2 dukaty

Ponterio sale 168, lot 40078

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40078 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $1,586. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CZECHOSLOVAKIA. 2 Dukaty, 1934. NGC MS-62. Only 1,101 struck." 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 1923-38. It was accompanied by a gold ducat, five ducats and ten ducats. The obverse portrait is of "good" king Wenceslas, he of the well-known Christmas carol.

Recorded mintage: 2,403.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, .221 oz AGW, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-1; KM-9.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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