Transylvania 1757 ducat Fr-543

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 42678

This specimen was lot 42678 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TRANSYLVANIA. Ducat, 1757. Karlsburg Mint. Maria Theresa. NGC AU-58. On the cusp of Mint State status, this enchanting offering presents a pale yellow hue and strong strike, an emanates from a rather popular collecting area." This ducat was struck in Transylvania 1746-65, during the early part of the reign of Maria Theresia. After the death of her husband, Francis I, in 1765, a veiled bust (Fr-544) was used.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-543 (under Hungary); KM-610.

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.
• 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.
• Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1755 ducat, Karlsburg mint
• 1755-CA ducat, Karlsburg mint, Francis I
• 1757-WI ducat, Francis I, Vienna mint
• Hungary 1757-KB ducat Fr-180
• 1758-CA ducat, Karlsburg mint, Francis I
• 1759 ducat, Maria Theresia, Karlsburg mint
• Coins and currency dated 1757