Bavaria 1830 ducat Fr-272
This specimen was lot 3598 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €3,500 (about US$4,521 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"KÖNIGREICH Ludwig I. 1825-1848. Dukat 1830. Donaugold. Kopf r.//Der Flußgott lagert nach l. den rechten Arm auf eine Wasserurne gelegt; der linke Arm liegt auf dem bayerischen Wappen, neben seinen Füßen Schilf. Mit lateinischer Legende auf der Vorderseite. GOLD. RR Leicht gewellt, fast Stempelglanz. Die Rückseitendarstellung dieses Dukaten ist aus dem 18. Jahrhundert übernommen worden. Sie lehnt sich an römische Vorbilder an. (kingdom of Bavaria, Louis I, 1825-48, ducat of 1830, struck from Danube river gold. Obverse: head right; reverse: river god seated left, with his right arm supporting a flowing urn while the left arm supports the Bavarian arms; Latin legend on reverse. Rare, choice uncirculated, slightly bent. The river god design was copied from several Roman models.)"
This one year type honored the gold obtained from the Danube River. Other "EX AURO DANUBII" ducats were issued in 1821. Gold from the Isar, Inn (Fr-273) and Rhine rivers (Fr-275) was also honored with ducats. All are scarce to rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, .937 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.
Catalog reference: Divo/S. 28; Fr-272; Schl. 87, KM 753.1 (formerly KM 395.1).
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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