Danzig 1612 ducat Fr-10
This specimen was lot 591 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €7,500 (about US$9,730 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"POLEN, DANZIG, Stadt. Dukat 1612, mit Titel Sigismunds III. (1587-1632). Mit Münzzeichen Bärentatze auf der Wappenseite und drei Blumen über dem Stadtwappen. Zwei Löwen halten das mit Lorbeerzweigen verzierte Stadtwappen//Gekröntes und geharnischtes Brustbild Sigismunds III. r. mit umgelegtem Mantel und Ordenskette. GOLD. RR Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Goldpatina, leicht gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Poland, city of Danzig, ducat of 1612, struck in the name of Sigismund III, 1587-1632. With bear paw mint mark on the side of the arms and three flowers above the arms. Obverse: two lions support the city arms decorated with laurel branches; reverse: Crowned, mantled and armored bust of Sigismund III right with order chain.)"
This type was struck with several subtypes 1585-1632. Its long run of production make it among the more available Polish ducats. Sigismund III (1587-1632), former king of Sweden, resigned his crown and converted to Catholicism to seize the throne of Poland.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 5.4, Dutkowski/Suchanek 183 III; Fr-10; Kopicki 7527 (R3).
- 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 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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