Anhalt-Bernburg 1744-HS ducat Fr-20
This specimen was lot 1455 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,115 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · ANHALT-BERNBURG, FÜRSTENTUM Victor Friedrich, 1721-1765. Dukat 1744, Harzgerode. GOLD. RR Leicht gewellt, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 331, Berlin 2020, Nr. 140. (Germany, principality of Anhalt-Bernburg, Victor Frederick, 1721-65, ducat of 1744, Harzgerode mint. Very rare, slightly wavy, very fine.)"
This type is listed for 1730, 1733, 1741, 1744, 1750 and 1761 and is scarce but not rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,50 g.
Catalog reference: KM 11, Fr-20; Mann 580.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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