Bavaria 1672 1/2 ducat Fr-211
This specimen was lot 5182 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €4,600 (about US$6,402 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Ferdinand Maria, 1651-1679. 1/2 Dukat 1672, München. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Wohl einziges im Handel befindliches Exemplar. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 38, Osnabrück 1997, Nr. 1598. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Ferdinand Maria, 1651-79, half ducat of 1672, Munich mint. Extremely rare, perhaps the only one in private hands, very fine.)"
The elector died in 1679 at the age of 42. This type is listed for 1672 and 1678 and was accompanied by a quarter ducat (KM 317). The catalog lists dozens of Bavarian gold coins for the seventeenth century but all are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 1.75 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 1.72 g.
Catalog reference: KM 319, Fr-211; Hahn 170.
- 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, 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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