A game of what is it? Hungarian something-er-other

airplanenut

I'm listing this for a friend on eBay, but I need to know what exactly it is, first. I think these have been replicated a number of times, so if you have any info on when it might have actually been made, as well as gold content and value, I'd be really appreciative. It's size is somewhere around that of a silver dollar (probably bigger) but thinner.

Steve27

"Austrian 1915 Four Ducats
Ducats were issued by Austria in 1612, and probably earlier. The last regular issue of ducats was in 1914. All the 4 ducats dated 1915 are restrikes, of which there were 496,501 struck between 1920 and 1936. Four ducat coins dated 1915 are still being produced by the Austrian Mint as official restrikes.
Franz Joseph I was born in 1848, and died in 1916.

An Austrian Tradition
There is some tradition in Austria for issuing commemorative coins posthumously. After the death of Francis I in 1765, his widow, Maria Theresa, decreed on the 21st July 1766, that coins would be issued bearing the portrait of Francis I, and the date of his death. Alphabetical mintmarks were to be used to denote the actual year of issue, with A = 1766. The posthumous coins were issued erratically.
Also after the death of Maria Theresia in 1780, the very famous Maria Theresa Thaler continued to be issued bearing her portrait and the date 1780.

Obverse
The laureate head, facing right, of Emperor Franz Joseph I
FRANC IOS I D G AUSTRIAE IMPERATOR

Reverse
The arms of Austria superimposed upon a crowned double-headed Imperial eagle.
HUNGAR BOHEM GAL LOD ILL REX A A 1915

High Carat Gold
Ducats were produced in high purity gold, 233/4 carats, making them among the highest purity gold coins ever issued for circulation.

Thickness
Because they have inherited their design and appearance from medieval gold coins, they are very thin compared with modern coins, at just 0.7 mms. thick.

Technical Specifications
Diameter Weight Fineness Gold Content Gold Content
mms. Grams /1.000 Grams Troy Ounces
40.0 13.9636 .986 13.7681 .4430"

ajaan

These are cool coins I have one. They are waffer thin.

MacCrimmon

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What's a waffer?

ajaan

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A double wafer. Geez!

Doogy

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coinkat

everyone's a critic...

Austrian... not rare

airplanenut

Cool information... thanks! Nice to see it's got some real gold in it, at the very least

Is there any way to tell what year exactly it was minted, or just after 1915?

Thanks,

Jeremy