Austria 1645 ducat Fr-235
This specimen was lot 2271 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$6,053 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand III., 1625-1637-1657. Dukat 1645, Wien. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Min. berieben, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Erworben 1958 von der Tiroler Münzhandlung Sigmund Werkner, Innsbruck. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand III, 1637-57, ducat of 1645, Vienna mint. Extremely rare, lightly tooled, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1639-42 and 1645-47 but all dates are very scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.41 g, 0.986 fine gold, 21-22 mm diameter, this specimen 3,46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 878, Fr-235; Herinek 198.
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- 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, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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