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 (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. ISBN 9781440248979.
  • Thomas Michael (editor), Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2016. Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700 (7th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, USA. ISBN 9781440248573.
  • Thomas Michael (editor); 2016. Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800 (7th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, USA. ISBN 9781440247064.
  • Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900 (9th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. ISBN 9781440248955.
  • Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000 (47th 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 VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1872  796,140 2% Shares mintage with 1872 A KM# 2266
1873  515,616 0.5%
1874  352,729 0.5%
1875  184,488 0.2%
1876  679,847 0.7%
1877  822,508 0.5%
1878  280,963 0.5%
1879  361,556 0.5%
1880  340,912 0.2%
1881  476,872 0.5%
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 0.5%
1890  373,860 0.5%
1891  324,584 0.2%
1892  360,841 0.2%
1893  285,024 0.2%
1894  292,645 1.1%
1895  329,569 0.2%
1896  413,892 0.5%
1897  256,151 1.1%
1898  349,590 0.2%
1899  411,559 0.9%
1900  360,811 0.5%
1901  348,621 0.5%
1902  311,471 1.1%
1903  380,014 0.5%
1904  517,118 0.9%
1905  391,534 0.5%
1906  491,574 0.9%
1907  554,205 0.9%
1908  408,832 0.7%
1909  366,318 1.4%
1910  440,424 1.4%
1911  590,826 1.1%
1912  494,991 1.1%
1913  319,926 1.1%
1914  378,241 1.8%
1915  145.46 151.85 172.18 76% Restrike
1915  0.7% Restrike; error "1951"
1915  181.70 17% Restrike; Proof

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