Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1493. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA. Republic.1918-present. AV 20 Kronen (- gm, 12h). Dated 1924. REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH, 1924 in exergue, crowned eagle displayed, bearing state coat-of-arms, holding raised sickle in right talons and hammer in left / +2952 KRONEN=1 KILOGRAMM MÜNZGOLD (900/1000 FEIN), 20/KRONEN in two lines across field; all within wreath. Friedberg 519; KM 2830. UNC, light bag marks. In NGC slab, graded MS62. ($2000)