Breslau 1680-LPH ducat Fr-518

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Künker sale 406, lot 3990

This specimen was lot 3990 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €19,000 (about US$24,930 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRESLAU, BISTUM, Friedrich von Hessen, 1671-1682. Dukat 1680, Breslau. Brustbild r. im Bischofsornat//Vierfeldiges Wappen mit vierfeldigem Mittelschild in verzierter Kartusche unter Kurhut, unten zu den Seiten Münzmeisterzeichen LP - H (Leonhard P. Haller), oben zu den Seiten des Kurhutes die geteilte Jahreszahl. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 64 (6774827-004). GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (bishopric of Breslau, Frederick of Hesse, 1671-82, ducat of 1680, Breslau mint. Obverse: bust right in bishop's robe; reverse: quartered arms with quartered escutcheon under a cardinal's hat, mintmaster's initials below, date above. Graded NGC MS-64, extremely rare, cabinet example, about uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1680-81 along with a half kreuzer (KM 161), a kreuzer (KM 162), a three kreuzer (KM 154), a six kreuzer (KM 155), 15 kreuzer (KM 156) and thaler (KM 157). The Bishopric of Breslau was an ecclesiastical state in Silesia and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client from 1526 until its conquest by Frederick the Great in 1741. Breslau issued a long series of ducats and multiple ducats, all rare. Breslau also struck coins for the emperor; we don't know if the same facility was used or if the emperor had his own plant. These are generally listed under Silesia.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 158, Fr-518; F. u. S. 2708.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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