Bavaria 1697 2 ducats Fr-221
This specimen was lot 3490 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,313 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Maximilian II. Emanuel, 1679-1726. 2 Dukaten 1697, München. Präsent der Stände zur Geburt des Prinzen Karl Albert, dem späteren Kaiser Karl VII. GOLD. RR Min. gewellt, vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian II Emanuel, 1679-1726, double ducat of 1697, Munich mint. Present of the estates on the birth of the prince Charles Albert, later emperor Charles VII. Rare, slightly bent, extremely fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.93 g.
Catalog reference: KM 371 (formerly KM 130), Fr-221; Witt. 1540 Anm.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
- 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.
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- 1685 double ducat
- 1695 thaler
- 1697 15 kreuzer = quarter gulden
- 1698 3 kreuzer = groschen
- 1699 double ducat, birth of prince Ferdinand Maria
- 1700 15 kreuzer
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