Augsburg 1633 ducat Fr-113

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Künker sale 352, lot 1722

This specimen was lot 1722 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,366 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"AUGSBURG, STADT, Dukat 1633, geprägt unter schwedischer Besetzung durch Gustav II. Adolf. Posthume Prägung. GOLD. RR Sehr schön. (Germany, city of Augsburg, ducat of 1633, struck under Swedish occupation, posthumous strike for Gustavus Adolphus. Very rare, very fine.)"

This coin of 1632-33, like the related issues of Nuremberg and Erfurt, honored the Swedish king, regarded as the savior of Protestantism in Germany.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,43 g.

Catalog reference: KM 68, Ahlström 4; Forster 242; Fr-113; Hagander 91.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [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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