AV Dukat 3.47g. 1682 Vienna Mint, Prince Johann Adolf 1641-83. This Furstentum was located in Franconia.
German States/Schwarzenberg 1862(a) Ducat FR#92 3.5 g. .986 gold grade/value VG-$500.00 F-$1,200 VF-$2,500 XF-$3,750 UNC-$??? not sure what your coin's grade is in ? not sure of the mintage ??? that's a high purity of gold. sweet coin. I have this 17th century Krause catalog 3rd edition. this is as far back as I have with my Krause catalogs. Krause values may differ than real life values.
Coin is stempelglanz or MS-65+ Only, ever seen this coin in auction once (Kunker) I was lucky to get it.
Interesting coat of arms by the way. One of his ancestors fought in the Turkish Wars near Raab (Győr, HU) in the 16th century, defending Western/central Europe during the Ottoman attacks. After that the Schwarzenbergs were allowed to have this armes parlantes element: a raven (Rabe, allusion to the city name) doing something not terribly nice with a Turk's head. Side note: Until a few years ago the Czech foreign minister was a Schwarzenberg, and he used a (family) CoA with that same "picky" bird. Christian
Christian, thanks for explaining that. Coins, really have so much history. Certainly, these coins are fascinating compared to the boring material they make today.
Thanks all for nice comments/ detailed history behind coat-of-arms, much appreciated. Expensive, yes well worth it though. There are probably less then 10 examples known.
