Austria 1642 3 ducats Fr-246

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Künker sale 423, lot 117

This specimen was lot 117 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €42,000 (about US$59,472 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Ferdinand Karl, 1632-1662. 3 Dukaten 1642, Hall. FERDIN : CAROL · D : G : ARCHID : AV : D : B : COM : TIROL : Der geharnischte Erzherzog mit Kommandostab reitet r., darunter die Stadtansicht von Innsbruck, unten die Jahreszahl 1642, am rechten Hinterhuf die Signatur HA (Hans Amende)//DIVVS · LEOPOL - DVS · 2 · DVCA : Der Heilige Leopold steht v. v. mit der Fahne von Alt-Österreich und Kirchenmodell, umher 14 Wappenschilde. GOLD. Von allergrößter Seltenheit. Vermutlich einziges Exemplar in Privatbesitz. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 25, Stuttgart 2007, Nr. 2255. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand Charles, 1632-62, triple ducat of 1642, Hall mint. Obverse: the mounted archduke rides right, holding a baton, view of Innsbruck below with the date; reverse: Saint Leopold stands facing front with the flag of Old Austria and a model of a church, surrounded by 14 coats of arms. Perhaps the only example in private hands, extremely fine.)"

This are issue was accompanied by a double ducat (Fr-247). Frieberg notes that it was restruck in 1963.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 10,44 g.

Catalog reference: KM 910 (formerly KM 843), Fr-246 ("Very rare"); M./T. 497 (listed as a double ducat).

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., Thomas Michael and Douglas Nicol, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • 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.
  • Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol, 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 423: Coins and medals from Tyrol - The collection of Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Wohnlich., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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