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Revision as of 14:27, 30 August 2025
This specimen was lot 203 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €7,500 (about US$10,620 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Joseph II., 1765-1790. Souverain d'or 1786 F, Hall, für die Niederlande. Büste r. mit Lorbeerkranz, darunter die Münzstättensignatur F//Gekröntes Wappen der Österreichischen Niederlande, umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies, dahinter Andreaskreuz. GOLD. RR Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Hauck & Aufhäuser 16, München 2001, Nr. 565. (Holy Roman Empire, Joseph II, 1765-90, gold sovereign of 1786, Hall mint, struck for the Netherlands. Obverse: laureate bust right, mintmark below; reverse: crowned arms of the Austrian Netherlands, order chain around, over a St. Andrews cross. Very rare, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type is filed under the Austrian Netherlands, an area which is now Belgium and Luxembourg. Besides Hall, similar coins are known from Vienna and Brussels. The type was struck at Hall 1786 only and previous souverains d'or date back to the reign of Maria Theresa.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a scarce date.
Specification: 11.06 g, 0.919 fine gold, 28 mm diameter, this specimen 11,12 g.
Catalog reference: KM 33, Fr-443; J. 46; Herinek 88; M./T. 1334.
- 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.
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- 1785 souverain d'or, Brussels mint
- 1786 half kronenthaler, Brussels mint
- 1786 kronenthaler, Brussels mint
- 1786-A ducat, Vienna mint
- 1786-F ducat, Hall mint, military bust
- 1786-A double ducat, Vienna mint
- 1786-B double ducat, Kremnitz mint
- 1786-E double ducat, Karlsburg mint
- 1786-F demi-souverain d'or, Hall mint
- 1786-M sovrano, Milan mint
- 1787-F demi-souverain d'or, Hall mint
- Coins and currency dated 1786