Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1727-PCN ducat Fr-385
This specimen was lot 3515 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,348 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG IN FRANKEN, BRANDENBURG-BAYREUTH, MARKGRAFSCHAFT, Georg Friedrich Karl, 1726-1735. Dukat 1727, Nürnberg, auf die Huldigung der Höfer Ritterschaft, ein Teil der Vogtländischen Ritterschaft, in Bayreuth. Slg. Grüber (Auktion Künker 267) 3815. GOLD. Leicht gewellt, vorzüglich. (margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, George Frederick Charles, 1726-35, ducat of 1727, Nuremberg mint, on receiving the homage of the nobility in Bayreuth. Slightly bent, extremely fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 164, Fr-385; Slg. Wilm. 710.
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- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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