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This specimen was lot 1624 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,531 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Dukat 1760, Karlsburg. GOLD. Min. Kratzer, fast vorzüglich.'' ([[Austria|Holy Roman Empire]], Maria Theresia, 1740-80, ducat of 1760, Karlsburg mint. Minor scratches, about extremely fine.)"</blockquote> 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 ([[Transylvania 1767-HG ducat Fr-544|Fr-544]]) was used.
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This specimen was lot 1624 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,531 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Dukat 1760, Karlsburg. GOLD. Min. Kratzer, fast vorzüglich.'' ([[Austria|Holy Roman Empire]], Maria Theresia, 1740-80, ducat of 1760, Karlsburg mint. Minor scratches, about extremely fine.)"</blockquote> 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 ([[Transylvania 1767-HG ducat Fr-544|Fr-544]]) was used.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Latest revision as of 21:21, 19 April 2026

from Künker sale 352, lot 1624

This specimen was lot 1624 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,531 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Dukat 1760, Karlsburg. GOLD. Min. Kratzer, fast vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, ducat of 1760, Karlsburg mint. Minor scratches, about extremely fine.)"

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, this specimen 3.47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 610, Eypeltauer 353; Fr-543.

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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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