Austria 1906 ducat Fr-493
This specimen was lot 32404 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "Franz Joseph I gold Ducat 1906 MS66 NGC. A superbly brilliant offering and the finest certified by NGC to-date." This type was struck 1872-1915 and is common. The SCWC notes that more were restruck after World War One, all dated 1915. No mintmark appears on this type. Gold ducats were struck throughout Franz Josef's long reign and come in many types.
Recorded mintage: 491,574.
Specification: 3.49 g, .986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, 19.8 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Herinek 5, Veselý 53, Fr-493, KM 2267.
- 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.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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