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[[Image:SB124-55495 obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 55495]]
 
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This specimen was lot 55495 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $80. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "AUSTRIA. Corona, 1914. Vienna Mint. Franz Joseph. NGC MS-64." When Bismarck kicked [[Austria]] out of Germany after the war of 1866, German and Austrian coins began to diverge. The thaler was abandoned in 1872 for the florin, which in turn was superseded by the corona in 1892. The corona was used through World War One and briefly even after as the truncated republic of Austria tried to organize its affairs. This type was struck 1912-16 and is common in all grades.
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The first specimen was lot 55495 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $80. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "AUSTRIA. Corona, 1914. Vienna Mint. Franz Joseph. NGC MS-64." When Bismarck kicked [[Austria]] out of Germany after the war of 1866, German and Austrian coins began to diverge. The thaler was abandoned in 1872 for the florin, which in turn was superseded by the corona in 1892. The corona was used through World War One and briefly even after as the truncated republic of Austria tried to organize its affairs. This type was struck 1912-16 and is common in all grades.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 37,897,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 37,897,000.
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Revision as of 12:30, 26 February 2025

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 55495
SB124-55495 rev.jpg
from the Mountain Groan Collection
Austria 1914 corona rev DSLR.jpg

The first specimen was lot 55495 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Corona, 1914. Vienna Mint. Franz Joseph. NGC MS-64." When Bismarck kicked Austria out of Germany after the war of 1866, German and Austrian coins began to diverge. The thaler was abandoned in 1872 for the florin, which in turn was superseded by the corona in 1892. The corona was used through World War One and briefly even after as the truncated republic of Austria tried to organize its affairs. This type was struck 1912-16 and is common in all grades.

Recorded mintage: 37,897,000.

Specification: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver, 23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-2820.

Source:

  • Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
  • Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
  • 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, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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