Baden 1854 ducat Fr-155
This specimen was lot 3924 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €4,000 (about US$5,249 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BADEN, BADEN-DURLACH, MARKGRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1803, GROSSHERZOGTUM. Friedrich I. 1852-1856-1907. Dukat 1854. Prinz und Regent. Rheingold. R Nur 1.820 Exemplare geprägt. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 279, Osnabrück 2016, Nr. 3105. (grand duchy of Baden, Frederick I, 1856-1907, ducat of 1854, struck as prince-regent from Rhine gold. Rare, only 1,820 examples struck, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This is the last "Rhine gold" ducat from this state, diminishing returns having made the enterprise of gold washing in the river unprofitable.
Recorded mintage: 1,820.
Specification: 3.66 g, 0.938 fine gold, this specimen 3,66 g.
Catalog reference: KM 227, Divo/S. 11; Fr-155; Schl. 42. GOLD.
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- [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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