Danzig 1659-DL ducat Fr-24
This specimen was lot 4402 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $31,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "1659 Ducat of John Casimir, The Only Example of the Type Certified, POLAND. Danzig. Ducat, 1659. John Casimir. PCGS MS-62+. Mintmasters initials are those of Daniel Lesse, who served at the Danzig Mint from 1656-1685. This excessively RARE Ducat is the only example to have ever been certified by PCGS or NGC, and is a virtual unknown to the secondary auction market this century outside of one graffitied example from a Polish house. This example is set apart by the strength of luster that gives a glistening sparkle, that is largely uninterrupted by contact. The design elements are well endowed with detail resultant from a strong strike. No waviness is present on the planchet with is a sometimes common occurrence. A piece that deserves a special place in the finest of collections. From the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection." This type was struck 1658-63 and accompanied a double ducat (Fr-22).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-24; H-C-9810 (R4); Kop-7660 (R4).
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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