Bavaria 1747 ducat Fr-243
This specimen was lot 2369 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €4,000 (about US$5,503 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH Maximilian III. Joseph, 1745-1777. Dukat 1747, München, auf seine Vermählung mit Maria Anna, Tochter von Friedrich August, König von Polen und Kurfürst von Sachsen. Stempel unsigniert, von F. A. Schega. GOLD. R Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, fast vorzüglich. (electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph, 1745-77, ducat of 1747, Munich mint, on his marriage to Maria Ana, daughter of Frederick Augustus, king of Poland and elector of Saxony. Unsigned dies by F. A. Schega. Rare, minor planchet defects, about extremely fine.)"
This scarce ducat accompanied a five ducats (Fr-245) also honoring the marriage.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 491, Fr-243; Grotemeyer 18; Slg. Merseb. 1841; Witt. 2129.
- 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, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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