Anhalt-Bernburg 1750-IGS ducat Fr-20
This specimen was lot 1456 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,832 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · ANHALT-BERNBURG, FÜRSTENTUM Victor Friedrich, 1721-1765. Dukat 1750, Harzgerode.GOLD. Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 294, Osnabrück 2017, Nr. 3481. (Germany, principality of Anhalt-Bernburg, Victor Frederick, 1721-65, ducat of 1750, Harzgerode mint. Light planchet defects, extremely 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 3,45 g.
Catalog reference: KM 11, Fr-20; Mann 585.
- 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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