Austria Silver Strike of the 1 1/4 Ducat 1764 Coronation [solved]

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As I understand it, this is a silver strike from the dies for the gold 1 1/4 ducat 1764, for the coronation of Joseph II as Holy Roman Emperor in Frankfurt. I found this similar listing in MA Shops:

https://www.ma-shops.com/knopik/item.php?id=190822021

My measurements are not quite as exact, my coin is approximately 4.0 grams and 24.7mm in diameter. The photos are below:

http://www.elfreeman2.com/13/7so047o.jpg

http://www.elfreeman2.com/13/7so047r.jpg

What would the denomination be of the silver strike?
Hello,

This sort of coin is usually considered a token or medal. Coronation token.

They were often minted in gold and silver and it is a choice of the catalogue and/or seller to name it with a coin denomination.
A 1 1/4 ducat is probably 4.4 g gold.
4 g silver depends so much on the fineness that it is a bit difficult and unnecessary to try to find an equivalence.
The size you mention is the 10 Kreuzer coin butt I would not call it a 10 Kreuzer.

Your coin would fit very well in the token section though. There are curently 2 other Austrian coronation tokens (many from Russia, some English etc).

Regards.
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Thank you for your information.
Status changed to Solved (halfdisme, 18-Oct-2019, 14:19)

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