Czechoslovakia 1927 dukat

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 40209

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40209 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $5,280. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Ducat, 1927. Kremnica Mint. PCGS MS-64 Gold Shield. Tied for second finest certified of the date with eight other examples on the PCGS population report, two finer (both MS-65). A slightly better date, this piece exhibits bold details with lustrous satiny surfaces displaying a pale golden color adding to its eye appeal." This type was struck 1923-39 and 1951 along with 2 dukaty, 5 and 10 dukatu. This type is rarely seen circulated, suggesting the hoarding of what few examples escaped government vaults. The obverse portrait is of "good" king Wenceslas, he of the well-known Christmas carol.

Recorded mintage: 25,774.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-2; KM-8.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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• 1926 dukat
• 1927 5 korun
• 1928 dukat
• Coins and currency dated 1927