Bavaria 1720 maximilian d'or Fr-226
This specimen was lot 1614 in Jean Elsen sale 125 (Brussels, June 2015), where it sold for €280 (about US$373 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ALLEMAGNE, BAVIERE, Maximilien II Emmanuel (1679-1726), AV Max d'or, 1720, Munich. D/ T. à d., coiffée d'une grande perruque. R/ La Madone à l'enfant trônant de f., ten. l'écu couronné de Bavière. Beau à Très Beau. (Bavaria, Maximilian II Emmanuel (1679-1726), gold max d'or of 1720, Munich mint. Obverse: head to right, wearing a large peruke; reverse: Madonna and Child enthroned, bearing the arms of Bavaria. Fine to very fine.)"
The SCWC lists this type for 1715-26. The early eighteenth century saw the appearance of a number of self-titled gold coins ("maximilian d'or," "carolin d'or," "friedrich d'or"), presumably inspired by the French "louis d'or."
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 6.65 g, 0.900 fine gold, .192 troy oz AGW; this specimen is 6,25 g.
Catalog reference: KM 388, Hahn 206; Fr-226.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 125: Collections Dr. Jacques Marneffe, Jean-Marie Chouters et Henri Pottier, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2015.
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