Breslau 1540 ducat Fr-445

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Sincona sale 90, lot 1018

This specimen was lot 1018 in Sincona sale 90 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 8,500 CHF (about US$11,232 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHLAND Breslau, Stadt, Dukat 1540, Breslau. Selten. Vorzüglich-FDC. Überdurchschnittliche Erhaltung. Exemplar der Auktion Gorny & Mosch 127, München, Oktober 2003, Los 4419. (Germany, city of Breslau, ducat of 1540, Breslau mint. Rare, Extremely fine-uncirculated, Extraordinary condition.)"

This type is listed in Friedberg for 1531-60. Breslau issued coins in the name of the city (as here), the bishop and the emperor. The Hapsburgs acquired Silesia in 1526 as part of the Bohemian inheritance, the king having died fighting the Turks. It took them over a century to consolidate their control of the province, which had turned mostly Lutheran, and many local lords and towns continued to mint coins.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.56 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB64, F.u.S. 3404. Fr-445.

Source:

  • Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • 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, SINCONA Auction 90, Münzen und Medaillen der Welt, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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