Bavaria 1747 ducat Fr-244
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This specimen was lot 1764 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Maximilian III. Joseph, 1745-1777. Dukat 1747, Augsburg. Huldigung der bayerischen Landstände. GOLD. R Vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph, 1745-77, ducat of 1747, Augsburg mint, on the homage of the Bavarian estates. Rare, extremely fine.)"
This rare type is not listed in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,50 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-244; Hahn -; Witt. 2134.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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