Brandenburg-Ansbach 1754 2 ducat Fr-354
This specimen was lot 3523 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €8,000 (about US$10,783 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG IN FRANKEN, BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, 1729-1757. 2 Dukaten 1754, Saalfeld, auf die Vermählung seines Sohnes Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander mit Friederike Karoline, Tochter des Herzogs Franz Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, am 22. November. Zwei schwebende Genien halten ein Band, mit dem die Wappenschilde von Brandenburg und Sachsen verbunden sind//Vier Zeilen Schrift. Slg. Grüber (Auktion Künker 267) 4577 (dieses Exemplar). GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Vorzügliches Exemplar. (margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Charles William Frederick, 1729-57, double ducat of 1754, Saalfeld mint, on the marriage of his son Christian Frederick Charles Alexander with Frederica Caroline, daughter of the duke Francis Joseph of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld on November 22. Obverse: two cherubs support a ribbon holding the conjoined arms of Brandenburg and Saxony; reverse: four line inscription. Very rare, extremely fine example.)"
This wedding double ducat was accompanied by a single ducat (Fr-355). The line lapsed in 1791 when the margrave sold the provinces to Prussia, who in turn yielded them to Bavaria in 1806 as part of Napoleon's mediatization.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6,95 g.
Catalog reference: KM 228, Fr-354; Fischer/Maué 3.703; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 881.2; Slg. Wilm. -.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
- 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.
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