Denmark-Gluckstadt 1674-IW ducat Fr-134
This specimen was lot 1103 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €10,800 (about US$11,969 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Beautifully Detailed and Charming Near-Gem Ducat with Handsome Luster, DENMARK. Ducat, 1674. Gluckstadt Mint. Christian V. NGC MS-64. Mintmaster: Johan Woltereck (IW). RARE and appealing, this near-Gem glows with a bright charm and a vibrant sunniness. The handsomely applied details are sharp and clear, with only the smallest touches of strike weakness. No major defects afflict the surfaces, and this Ducat is certainly not short on appeal. The Ducats struck in Glückstadt differ from the ones struck in Copenhagen in being minted for regular trade use rather than just as [special] occasion coins."
This type was struck 1672-76 for Christian V as duke of Holstein. This is the most available date but all are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, 24.4 mm diameter, this specimen 3.45 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-134; KM-64.1; Hede-115B; Sieg-142.2; Schou-2; Aagaard-2.4; Lange-80; Bruun-6824.
- 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.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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