Bohemia 1765 ducat Fr-409

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from Künker sale 352, lot 1629

This specimen was lot 1629 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €16,000 (about US$22,267 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Dukat 1765, Prag. Münzmeister Paul Erdmann von Schwingerschuh. Brustbild r. mit Diadem, Schleier und umgelegtem Mantel//Gekrönter Doppeladler, auf der Brust gekröntes Wappen. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Min. gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Erworben 1952 bei der Firma Julius Jenke, München. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, ducat of 1765, Prague mint. Obverse: veiled and diademed bust; reverse: crowned double-headed eagle supporting crowned arms. Very rare, slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This ducat, struck 1747-65, features the bust of Maria Theresia. We also note another ducat struck at Prague with mintmark PR (KM 751) featuring the bust of her husband Francis I.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.45 g.

Catalog reference: KM 756, Dietiker 1084; Eypeltauer 69 a; Fr-409 (listed under Bohemia); Halacka 1938.

Source:

  • Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
  • 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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