1 Ducat - Franz Joseph I

Features

Country	Austria - Habsburg
Emperor	Franz Joseph I (1848-1916)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1872-1915
Value	1 Ducat (4.66)
Currency	Austro-Hungarian gulden (decimalized, 1857-1892)
Composition	Gold (.986)
Weight	3.49 g
Diameter	20 mm
Thickness	0.8 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
References	KM# 2267, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. ISBN 9781440248979. Thomas Michael (editor), Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2016. Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700 (7^th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, USA. ISBN 9781440248573. Thomas Michael (editor); 2016. Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800 (7^th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, USA. ISBN 9781440247064. Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900 (9^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. ISBN 9781440248955. Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000 (47^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. ISBN 9781440248962. Schön# 1 Gerhard Schön; 2020. Weltmünzkatalog 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. ISBN 9783866461840. Helmut Kahnt, Günter Schön; 2016. Weltmünzkatalog 19. Jahrhundert: 1801-1900 (17. Auflage). Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. ISBN 9783866461185. Gerhard Schön, Sebastian Krämer; 2017. Weltmünzkatalog 21. Jahrhundert: 2001-2016 (3. Auflage). Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. ISBN 9783866461383.

Obverse

Laureate head of Franz Joseph, facing right,with thick whiskers.

Lettering: FRANC IOS I D G AUSTRIAE IMPERATOR

Translation: Franz Joseph I, by the grace of God, Austrian Emperor

Engraver: Friedrich Leisek

Reverse

Arms of Austria superimposed upon a crowned double-headed Imperial eagle.

Lettering: HUNGAR BOHEM GAL LOD ILL REX A A 1915

Translation: King of Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomeria, Illyria, Archduke of Austria.

Engraver: Friedrich Leisek

Edge

Reeded

Comments

The ducat with date 1915 is still officially minted by the Austrian mint. Mintage is as follow, but the year can't be distinguished:

Source Münze Österreich - Münze Club

In the early 20th century, Balkan countries used Austrian ducat coins as bullion reserves. It is widely understood that the various states further marked their bullion supply with small countermarks (a sword for Bosnia, a crown for Bulgaria, a grain ear for Serbia and an eagle for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes), but those marks are just a designation of a verified fineness of the gold and not "intended to refer to a geographic area".

Some known countermarked dates according to Aleksandar N. Brzić are:

1873 Sword Rare
1882 Sword Common
1884 Sword Rare
1886 Sword Rare
1895 Sword Rare
1897 Sword Rare
1910 Sword Rare
1912 Sword Rare
1913 Sword Common
1914 Sword Common
1915 Sword Very Common

ex VL Nummus E-live auction 11 Lot 654 © Kettti

Learn more about Yugoslavian countermarks on foreign coins : YUGOSLAV COUNTERMARKS ON AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN GOLD COINS by Aleksandar N. Brzić published in the American Journal of Numismatics (1989-), Vol. 13 (2001), pp. 109-131

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Date	Mintage	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
1872	796,140					3%	Shares mintage with 1872 A KM# 2266
1873	515,616					0.4%
1874	352,729					0.7%
1875	184,488					0.2%
1876	679,847					0.7%
1877	822,508					0.4%
1878	280,963					0.4%
1879	361,556					0.4%
1880	340,912					0.2%
1881	476,872					0.4%
1882	389,909					1.1%
1883	408,639					0.7%
1884	238,039					0.2%
1885	257,383					0.2%
1886	290,705					0.2%
1887	223,055					0.2%
1888	308,869					0.2%
1889	334,788					0.4%
1890	373,860					0.4%
1891	324,584					0.2%
1892	360,841					0.2%
1893	285,024					0.2%
1894	292,645					1.1%
1895	329,569					0.4%
1896	413,892					0.4%
1897	256,151					1.1%
1898	349,590					0.2%
1899	411,559					0.9%
1900	360,811					0.4%
1901	348,621					0.4%
1902	311,471					1.1%
1903	380,014					0.4%
1904	517,118					0.9%
1905	391,534					0.4%
1906	491,574					0.9%
1907	554,205					1.1%
1908	408,832					0.9%
1909	366,318					1.3%
1910	440,424					1.3%
1911	590,826					1.1%
1912	494,991					1.1%
1913	319,926					1.3%
1914	378,241					2.0%
1915		148.03	155.72	210.32	177.34	76%	Restrike
1915						0.9%	Restrike; error "1951"
1915					180.98	17%	Restrike; Proof

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