Bohemia 1702-GE 1/4 ducat Fr-46
This specimen was lot 1614 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €17,000 (about US$23,659 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I. 1657-1705. 1/4 Dukat 1702, Prag. Mit Münzmeisterzeichen GE (Gregor Egerer, 1695-1709). GOLD. R Vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, quarter ducat of 1702, Prague mint, mintmaster's initials GE for Gregor Egerer. Rare, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1702-03. The production of the Prague mint dwindled greatly after the devastation of the Thirty Years War.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.85 g.
Catalog reference: KM 598, Dietiker 909; Fr-46 w (listed under Bohemia); Herinek 469; Halacka 1389.
- 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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