Trautson 1635 1/4 ducat Fr-898
This specimen was lot 6451 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €700 (about US$916 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHEN STANDESHERREN, TRAUTSON, GRAFEN, Johann Franz, 1621-1663. 1/4 Dukat 1635, Wien. GOLD. RR Unregelmäßiger Schrötling, sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung Dr. Karl Walter Bach, München. Exemplar der Slg. Hohenkubin, Auktion Lanz 7, Graz 1976, Nr. 525 und der Auktion Lanz 147, München 2009, Nr. 674. (Austrian states, counts of Trautson, John Francis, 1621-63, quarter ducat of 1635, Vienna mint. Rare, irregular edge, very fine.)"
The counts of Trautson issued a considerable quantity of silver and gold coinage in the seventeenth century, most of it now rare. This is probably the most affordable gold coin.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.87 g.
Catalog reference: KM 29, Fr-898; Holzmair -; Slg. Horsky -; Doneb. -.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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