Brandenburg-Ansbach 1765 ducat Fr-361
This specimen was lot 64 in Sincona sale 46 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 3,000 CHF (about US$3,600 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Brandenburg-Ansbach, Markgrafschaft, Alexander, 1757-1791. Dukat 1765, Schwabach. Auf die Kreisobristenwürde. Vorzüglich. Übliche Prägeschwäche. (Germany, margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Alexander, 1757-91, ducat of 1765, on receipt of the colonelcy of the imperial circle. Schwabach mint. Extremely fine, Usual weakly struck area.)"
This type was issued 1765 only and is listed as rather scarce. It is accompanied by a thaler (Dav-1996). It comes not from the Electorate of Brandenburg (later the Kingdom of Prussia) but from Brandenburg-Ansbach, a Hohenzollern enclave west of Bavaria and neighboring Nuremberg. Ansbach was sold by the margrave to Prussia in 1791 but was incorporated into Bavaria in 1806.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3.48 g.
Catalog reference: Slg. Wilm. -. Schön 124. Fr-361, KM 271.
- 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.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 46, Gold Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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