Cologne 1696 3 ducats Fr-828a

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Künker sale 336, lot 6544

This specimen was lot 6544 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €37,000 (about US$48,418 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"KÖLN, ERZBISTUM. Joseph Klemens von Bayern, 1688-1702. 3 Dukaten 1696 (geprägt 1698), Bonn, geprägt aus westfälischem Gold, das 1696 bei Brilon gefördert wurde. IOS · CLEM · EL · COL · VTR · BAV · WESTP · ET · ANG · DUX · / AURUM WESTP · 1696 INVENT . Mit Kurhut bedecktes, vierfeldiges Stiftswappen mit vierfeldigem Mittelschild (Pfalz/Bayern), dahinter Krummstab und Schwert gekreuzt//+ REGES DE SABA VENIVNT AURUM DEFEREN · ET LAUDEM DNO ANNUN · Die Heiligen Drei Könige beten die vor ihnen sitzende Maria mit dem Kind an, neben ihr steht Josef v. v. oben der Stern von Bethlehem. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Vorzüglich. Aus altem Münchner Besitz. (Germany, archbishopric of Cologne, Joseph Clement of Bavaria, 1688-1702, triple ducat dated 1696 but struck 1698, Bonn mint, made from Westphalian gold. Obverse: capped, quartered arms of Pfalz and Bavaria, crozier and sword behind; reverse: the Three Kings worship the Mother and Child before the Star of Bethlehem. Very rare, extremely fine.)"

The archbishopric of Cologne, like Mainz and Trier, was an ecclesiastical state along the river Rhine whose ruler was one of the Electors of the Empire. In 1688 the old archbishop (Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, r. 1650-88) died and his replacement (Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, r. 1688-1723) elevated. The example shown in the SCWC for this type is from different dies.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 11,02 g.

Catalog reference: KM 79 but a different reverse, Noss 593; Fr-828a (listed as double pistole); Müseler 38/1 a (listed as double pistole).

Source:

  • 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, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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