Bavaria 1800 ducat Fr-262
This specimen was lot 52051 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Bavaria. Ducat, 1800. Maximilian IV Joseph. NGC MS-61. This beautiful Mint State Ducat delivers generous beauty, with rich mint luster and sparkling frostiness, with only the most modest signs of handling and friction." This rare type was struck 1799-1802. The obverse legend reads, "D • G • MAX • IOS • C • P • R • V • B • D • S • R • I • A • & • EL • D • I • C • & • M •". A similar ducat (KM 646.2), also struck 1799-1803, has the obverse legend "D • G • MAXIM • IOSEPH • C • P • R • V • B • D • S • R • I • A • & • EL •". In 1805, Maximilian IV Joseph was promoted to king by Napoleon.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.937 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-262; KM-646.1.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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