Austria 1901 20 corona
This specimen was lot 3240 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $387.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 20 Corona, 1901. NGC AU-58. Very scarce. Lower mintage year. One of only two certified. Sharply struck and lightly toned." This is the scarcest of a type struck 1892-1909.
Recorded mintage: 48,677.
Specification: 6.78 g, .900 fine gold, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Herinek 24, Veselý 118, Fr-504; KM-2806.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
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