Denmark-Gluckstadt 1672-IW ducat Fr-134
This specimen was lot 2518 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,577 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, KÖNIGLICH DÄNISCHER ANTEIL Christian V., 1670-1699. Dukat 1672, Glückstadt. Münzmeister Johann Woltereck. Gekröntes und geharnischtes Brustbild mit Elefantenorden r.//Drei gekrönte Monogramme ins Dreieck gestellt. Fr-134; Hede 115 A (RR). GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Leicht gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Sammlung Münzen und Medaillen aus adeligem Privatbesitz. (duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, royal Danish line, Christian V, 1670-99, ducat of 1672, Gluckstadt mint. Obverse: crowned and armored bust right with Order of the Elephant; reverse: three crowned monograms posed in a triangle. Extremely rare, slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1672-76 for Christian V as duke of Holstein. All are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,40 g.
Catalog reference: KM 64.1, Fr-3536; Joseph 318 d.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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