Anhalt-Zerbst 1742 ducat Fr-35
This specimen was lot 1717 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$4,732 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ANHALT, ANHALT-ZERBST, FÜRSTENTUM, Johann Ludwig und Christian August, 1742-1746. Dukat 1742, auf ihren Regierungsantritt. GOLD. Vorzüglich/Stempelglanz. (Germany, principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, John Louis and Christian August, 1742-46, ducat of 1742, on their accession. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
Christian August, mentioned above, was the father of Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg (1729-96), later Catherine the Great of Russia.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 33, Fr-35; Mann 350.
- 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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