Anhalt-Kothen 1747-IIG ducat Fr-26
This specimen was lot 1718 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$5,289 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ANHALT, ANHALT-KÖTHEN, FÜRSTENTUM, August Ludwig, 1728-1755. Dukat 1747. Senioratsdukat. GOLD. R Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Erworben 1953 bei der Firma Grabow, Berlin. (Germany, principality of Anhalt-Cothen, August Louis, 1728-55, ducat of 1747. Rare, extremely fine to uncirculated. Bought from Grabow in 1953.)"
This date comes with Arabic numerals (shown here) or Roman numerals. It was struck again in 1751. Both dates are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.43 g.
Catalog reference: KM 27.1, Fr-26; Mann 489.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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