Danzig (15)96-PK ducat Fr-10
This specimen was lot 42516 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $19,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "Rare and Beautiful Danzig Ducat from Sigismund III. POLAND. Danzig. Ducat, "96" (1596). Danzig Mint. Sigismund III. PCGS MS-62. An exemplary specimen that is finest graded example of the type and date holdered by PCGS or NGC, out of a total of 4 graded specimens. The surfaces alight with bright luster, and the details are sharp and well impressed across the flan. A piece that couples beauty and RARITY, and as such, a specimen that will doubtlessly excite." This type was struck with several subtypes 1585-1632. Its long run of production make it among the more available Polish ducats. Altho the SCWC does not so state, all the early issues have two digit dates.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 5, Fr-10; Kop-7518.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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