Breslau 1630-ET ducat Fr-471
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This specimen was lot 3614 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,235 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRESLAU, STADT, Dukat 1630, mit Titel Ferdinands II, auf die Huldigung Ferdinands III. GOLD. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Breslau, ducat of 1630, struck in the name of Ferdinand II, on the coronation of Ferdinand III. Scarce, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This rare type, struck 1630 only, is listed in Friedberg but not in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3,49 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-471; F. u. S. 3490.
- 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
Link to:
- Silesia 1623 ducat Fr-124
- city of Breslau 1630-ET 2 ducat Fr-470
- 1636 ducat
- Coins and currency dated 1630
- return to coins of German States, Breslau