Bohemia 1615 ducat Fr-15a

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Künker sale 406, lot 3819

This specimen was lot 3819 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €9,000 (about US$11,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Matthias, 1608-1612-1619. Dukat 1615, Prag. Münzmeister Benedikt Huebmer. GOLD. RR Rand und Felder leicht überarbeitet, sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, Matthias, 1612-19, ducat of 1615, Prague mint. Very rare, edge and fields tooled, very fine.)"

This type was struck 1613-19 and is normally encountered in worn condition.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.53 g.

Catalog reference: KM 168, Dietiker 546 (image reverse); Fr-15a (listed under Bohemia); Halacka 488.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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