Austria 1902 corona

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74165

This specimen was lot 74165 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Corona, 1902. Franz Josef I. PCGS MS-64. A lustrous and argent near-Gem with great eye appeal." This is a common date of a type struck 1892-1907, using the module of the French franc. A slightly different design (KM 484) was minted in Hungary.

Recorded mintage: 2,947,000.

Specification: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver, 23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-2804.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

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• France 1902 franc
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