Augsburg 1715 ducat Fr-86
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This specimen was lot 3920 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,149 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"AUGSBURG, STADT, Dukat 1715, mit Titel Karls VI. GOLD. R Min. gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Augsburg, ducat of 1715, struck in the name of Charles VI. Rare, slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This rare type was struck 1711, 1714 and 1715.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 123, Forster 469; Fr-86; Vetterle 1715.1.
- 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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