Nice small gold coin!

Words
173
Reading
1 min
Listen
Play
4y

This is a 1915 Austrian one ducat coin that features Emperor Franz Joseph I. The reverse shows an eagle with the arms of Austria. I picked this coin up at a jewelry shop quite a long time ago. It measures 20 mm in diameter and is only 0.8 mm thick. It weights only 0.1106 ounces is interestingly 23.75 carat gold. Many of these were re-struck after 1915 as bullion coins, of which this is very likely one.

They were produced in one ducat and four ducat varieties and are extremely thin. I had purchased this coin when gold was very low and only paid spot at the time so definitely a good deal.

001.jpg

002.jpg

This coin I did end up selling when gold was high as I was starting up a new business, and these are scans I still have in the old laptop. I was never really attached to it, but it is an interesting coin with an interesting history. Definitely worth adding to your stack if you come across one at spot!

Nice small gold coin! | Ecency