Brandenburg-Ansbach 1763-S ducat Fr-358
This specimen was lot 3956 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,149 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG IN FRANKEN, BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH, MARKGRAFSCHAFT, Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander, 1757-1791. Dukat 1763, Schwabach. GOLD. RR Winz. Kratzer, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander, 1757-91, ducat of 1763, Schwabach mint. Very rare, hairlines, about extremely fine.)"
This one year type is rare. Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander, the last margrave, sold his province to his cousin, the king of Prussia, in 1791. The margrave then became a gentleman farmer in Britain while Wilhelm attempted to cope with French invasion and occupation. Ansbach and Bayreuth were turned over to Bavaria in 1806 as part of Napoleon's reorganization of Germany.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 260, Fr-358; Slg. Wilm. 1069; Slg. Grüber (Auktion Künker 267) 4606.
- 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, 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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