Brandenburg 1675-HS 2 ducats Fr-2251
This specimen was lot 80 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €14,000 (about US$18,162 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich Wilhelm, der Große Kurfürst, 1640-1688. 2 Dukaten 1675, HS, Königsberg. FRID . WILH · D . G · M · B · S · R · I · ARC · & PR · EL · Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz und umgelegtem Mantel, darunter die Signatur H · S · (Heinrich Sievert, Münzmeister in Königsberg 1674-1677)//Ü SUPREMUS DUX IN PRUSSIA › Mit Kurhut bedecktes, zehnfeldiges Wappen, oben die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 75. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Goldpatina, min. gewellt, sehr schön +. (Germany, electorate of Brandenburg, Frederick William, the Great Elector, 1640-88, double ducat of 1675, Königsberg mint. Obverse: laureate and mantled bust right, initials below; reverse: ten-fold arms with electoral cap, date below. Extremely rare, fine gold patina, slightly wavy, choice very fine.)"
Other dates for this type include 1679 and 1682-86.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.88 g.
Catalog reference: KM 416.2, v. Schr. 22; Fr-2251; v. Arnim (Ducaten) -.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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