Austria 1908 10 corona
This specimen was lot 1674 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €300 (about US$418 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"KAISERREICH ÖSTERREICH, Franz Josef I. 1848-1916. 10 Kronen 1908, Wien, auf sein 60jähriges Regierungsjubiläum. GOLD. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (empire of Austria, Francis Joseph I, 1848-1916, ten corona of 1908, Vienna mint, on the 60th anniversary of his reign. extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
The regular issue of gold ten corona (KM 2805) was interrupted in 1908 for this commemorative. Silver one and five corona and gold twenty and 100 corona were also struck for this occasion.
Recorded mintage: 654,022.
Specification: 3.39 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.098 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3,04 g in gold.
Catalog reference: Herinek 21, Veselý 124, KM 2810, Fr-516; J. 398; Schl. 648.
- 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]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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- 1905 10 cornoa
- 1907 corona
- Hungary 1907-KB 10 korona
- 1908 corona, on the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign
- 1908 ducat
- 1908 5 corona, on the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign
- Hungary 1908-KB 5 korona
- 1908 20 corona, on the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign
- 1908 100 corona, on the 60th anniversary of Franz Josef's reign
- 1911 10 corona
- Coins and currency dated 1908