Austria 1646 2 ducats Fr-231

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Künker Auction 439, lot 2272

This specimen was lot 2272 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$4,677 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand III., 1625-1637-1657. 2 Dukaten 1646, Wien. GOLD. R Felder bearbeitet, fast vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Erworben 1981 von der Tiroler Münzhandlung Sigmund Werkner, Innsbruck. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand III, 1637-57, double ducat of 1646, Vienna mint. Rare, fields tooled, about extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1641-57 and is rare despite the many years of production. St. Veit also struck double ducats in this period (KM 936/Fr-234), which feature round arms on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, 21-22 mm diameter, this specimen 6,87 g.

Catalog reference: KM 899, Fr-231; Herinek 122.

Sources:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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.
  • [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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