Austria 1842-V ducat Fr-1504
This specimen was lot 12208 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $1,380. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Venice. Ducat, 1842-V. NGC MS-61." This type was struck 1837-48 in substantial numbers from Vienna, Kremnitz, Karlsburg and Venice (shown here). Friedberg lists this issue under Lombardy-Venetia but it differs only in mintmark from the Vienna product.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a better date.
Specification: 3.49 g, .983 fine gold, .109 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-1504; KM-2262 (under Austria).
- 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
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