Coins and medals for 2.35 million euros were sold at the auction in Prague on Friday, ie for roughly 59.7 million crowns. Even with the auction surcharge, which is 20 percent, the total amount was almost 72 million crowns. The most expensive coins in the auction were the St. Wenceslas decades – one from 1951 and the other with the year 1938. Each coin was auctioned for 4.5 million crowns, including a surcharge of 5.4 million crowns, said Patrik Kozlík. Dozens of records were set at the auction.
According to the Antium Aurum auction house, which organized the auction, the event was attended by about 250 people, in person or online. “Compared to last year, we were not limited by government anti-epidemic measures, and thus a higher number of participants arrived in the hall,” said Pavel Kroužek, owner of the Antium Aurum auction house. According to him, collectors are very interested in St. Wenceslas ducats. Demand outweighs supply. The owners have a hard time giving them up, “he said.
32 St. Wenceslas ducats appeared at the auction, together they all auctioned for 597,050 euros without an auction surcharge, ie over 15 million crowns, including a surcharge for 18 million crowns. Coins that were once normally in circulation were also auctioned for record amounts. For example, the Czechoslovak five-crown coin from 1951 was sold for 600,000 crowns including a surcharge, the twenty-five-penny from 1932 for 360,000 crowns with a surcharge.
The auction also offered gold medals today. The most expensive medal of the evening was the one from the period of Francis Joseph I. Gold Medal (50 Ducat) – The engagement of Crown Prince Rudolf and Princess Štěpánka Belgická was sold for 1.8 million crowns, including a surcharge. A gold medal (40 Ducat) from the same period was also auctioned to unveil the monument to Archduke Charles in Vienna, where the amount climbed to approximately 1.68 million crowns.
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