Bamberg 1757 ducat Fr-172
This specimen was lot 5181 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €5,500 (about US$7,654 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAMBERG, BISTUM, Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim, 1757-1779. Dukat 1757, Nürnberg, auf die Huldigung der Stadt Bamberg. GOLD. RR Vorzüglich. (Germany, bishopric of Bamberg, Adam Frederick of Seinsheim, 1757-79, ducat of 1757, Nuremberg mint, on the homage of the city of Bamberg. Very rare, extremely fine.)"
Of the seven bishops who ruled Bamberg in the eighteenth century, three (including von Seinsheim) were also bishops of neighboring Wurzburg. While this was the case, few coins were issued for Bamberg. This ducat is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 121, Krug 410; Fr-172.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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