Austria 1885 florin

from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 6061

This specimen was lot 6061 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $211.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Florin, 1885. PCGS MS-66 Secure Holder. Packed with full satin luster without interruption or signs of handling. Some speckled light golden orange toning in peripheries. The finest certified example." The florin superseded the old half thaler and was struck 1857-92 with various busts of Franz Josef. This is a common date.

Recorded mintage: 3,394,538.

Specification: 12.34 g, 0.900 fine silver, .357 troy oz AGW, 29.2 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Herinek 31, Veselý 67, KM-2222.

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, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

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