1868 Austrian-Hungarian Gold One Ducat - obverse
Austria began minting Gold Ducats in the early 1500's and Hungry was already minting their own gold ducats at this time. Both gold ducats and florins were being used as trade coins through out most of Europe by this time. The gold ducat outlived the florin as a trade coin because it maintained its 23.75 carat (98.6%) gold content while the florin's gold content started to fluctuate from kingdom to kingdom.
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1868 Austrian-Hungarian Gold One Ducat - reverse
After Hungary was defeated in 1526 at the Battle of Mohacs, it was subjugated to be ruled as a separate kingdom under the House of Habsburg. Austria was already ruled by the House of Habsburg which was under the Holy Roman Empire. Hungary remained under the rule of the House of Habsburg from 1526 to 1806 when the Holy Roman Empire was abolished. Austria was able to maintain dominance and rule over Hungry. Hungarian nationalist staged a revolt in 1848 and were defeated by the Austrian Empire with the aid of the Russian Empire. Although the Hungarian nationalists were defeated a number reforms were tried to resolve the conflict.
1881 Austrian-Hungarian Gold One Ducat - obverse
The Austrian-Hungarian gold ducats were going to be discontinued and replaced in 1858. This would leave the Austrian-Hungarian Empire only one circulating gold coin; the guilden. However the Emperor of Austria and Hungry, Francis Joseph, decided in 1857 to continue minting their gold ducats as “trade coins”. The guilden is made of the more durable 90% gold and 10% copper alloy. The Austrian-Hungarian Empire had introduced the silver Conventionsthaler in1754 and the guilden was set to be half the value of the silver Conventionsthaler. Originally the florin was called guilden in German, forint in Hungarian, and zlaty in Czech. The guiden were decimalized in 1857 and used until 1892 when it was replaced by the krone (crown) or coronas which were used from 1908 to 1914.
1915 Austrian Gold 4 Ducat - Restrike - obverse
The Vienna Mint started producing the 1915 gold ducat as a restrike to commemorate Emperor Francis Joseph after he past away in 1916. These restrikes of Emperor Francis Joseph's 1915 ducat and 4 ducats are still being struck as bullion today, making them a great way of investing in gold. Since the current Austrian ducats are restrikes with no discerning marks such as dates and there have been, and are, produced in high quantities they have no numismatic value. The Austrian 4 ducat restrikes were originally minted in 1872 through 1914 and have a total gold content of 0.4438 troy ounces. They are made of 98.6% gold and are only 0.7 millimeters thick as they had been centuries before. The one ducat restrikes contain a total gold content of 0.1106 troy ounces.
1915 Austrian Gold 4 Ducat - Restrike - reverse
The obverse of the ‘trade dollar’ restrikes from the gold Austrian one and four ducat coins have their ruler Francis Joseph's bust facing right with the legend along two thirds of the coins rim encircling him; “FRANC.IOS.I.D.G.AUSTRIAE IMPERATOR”
The reverse has the seal of Austria with its coat of arms in the center in front of the double headed eagle and a crown over this at the top of the coin. Along the left rim is: “LOD.ILL.REX A.A.1915”, along the right is “HVNGAR.BOHEM.GAL.”, and at the very bottom of the four ducat coin is “[ 4 }”.
1881 Austrian-Hungarian Gold One Ducat - reverse
Austrian Gold Ducats are 98.6% fine or 23.75 carat gold. The 1 gold ducat coins struck from 1598 to 1779 weigh 3.5 grams and contain 3.449 grams (0.1109 troy ounces) of gold. Those minted from 1705 to present weigh 3.4909 with 3.439 grams (0.1106 troy ounces) of gold. The 4 ducats that were minted from 1612 to 1830 weigh 14 grams and containing 13.803 grams (0.4438 troy ounces) of gold. Those minted from 1835 to present weigh 13.3696 grams and contain 13.778 grams (0.4430) of gold. There two different weights for these coins during the over lapping years for both denominations.
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