Need info on this Austrian restrike - silver 2 ducat

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  1. weryon

    weryon World traveler - In Thailand

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  3. weryon

    weryon World traveler - In Thailand

  4. weryon

    weryon World traveler - In Thailand

    I see that the word neat has been ban from CT and been removed by GDJMSP good work !!
     
  5. coinman0456

    coinman0456 Coin Collector

    Why would the word "neat" be edited?
     
  6. weryon

    weryon World traveler - In Thailand

    that's what I was wondering , but that's the word that's missing in my edited post. I think it's time to move.
     
  7. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    No, it wasn't. It was two words actually, the first was - bad, and the second had 3 letters and started with A.
     
  8. coinman0456

    coinman0456 Coin Collector

    Well, I was really curious because I believe Doug would not edit wording for something like using the word " neat" . Unbelievable!
     
  9. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Regarding the coin, the original was struck in .986 gold of course weighing 7gm. Austria makes many restrikes, even today, of their older coinage. The Austrian ducat, 4 ducat and the Maria Theresia Thaler are still being made every year. As for this one, the info in the auction description is probably accurate but I can find nothing in any book to confirm it. That is not unusual. In fact, were it not for a copy of a letter from the Director of the Austrian Mint that I have, I would not even know that the coins I mentioned above were still being struck today, for it is no book.
     
  10. TheBigH

    TheBigH Senior Member

    I saw one like this before, but I thought the horse on the reverse was a jackedited!

    Neat coin though!
     
  11. weryon

    weryon World traveler - In Thailand

    very interesting, I was starting to think it was a fantasy piece .
     
  12. jello

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  13. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    No, there was a gold 2 ducat coin of that design issued in 1642.
     
  14. TheBigH

    TheBigH Senior Member

    I found the identification number for your piece. It's listed is Krause Unusual World Coins as X#M29a. Apparently it was struck sometime after 1963.
     
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