Austria 1794-E ducat Fr-212
This specimen was lot 3828 in Künker sale 385 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Franz II. 1792-1804. Dukat 1794, E, Karlsburg. GOLD. Fast vorzüglich. Erworben 1996 bei der Firma M. Meister. (Holy Roman Empire, Francis II, 1792-1804, ducat of 1794, Karlsburg mint. About extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1792-1804 at Vienna (A), Kremnitz (B), Prague (C), Karlsburg (E, shown here), Hall (F) and Nagybanya (G). Friedberg lists this date under Transylvania but the design is strictly Austrian.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1886, Fr-212; J. 110.
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- 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, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 385: Absolutismus, Aufklärung und Französische Revolution im Spiegel von Münzen und Medaillen - Die Sammlung Bader, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
Link to:
- 1789-B ducat, Kremnitz mint
- 1792-A ducat, Francis II, Vienna mint
- 1792-E ducat, Leopold II, Karlsburg mint
- 1794-A kronenthaler
- 1794-B ducat, Kremnitz mint
- 1794-G ducat, Nagybánya mint
- 1795-H kronenthaler
- 1795-A quadruple ducat, Vienna mint
- 1796-G ducat, Nagybánya mint
- 1797-E ducat, Karlsburg mint
- Coins and currency dated 1794