Austria (15)76 ducat Fr-54
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This specimen was lot 1600 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,253 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Karl, 1564-1590. Dukat 1576, Klagenfurt. GOLD. Sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Charles, 1564-90, ducat of 1576, Klagenfurt mint. Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1565-70, 1572-90.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, .986 fine gold, this specimen 3.43 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-54; M. z. A. S. 61.
- 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.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [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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