Denmark 1665 ducat Fr-101
This specimen was lot 1004 in CNG Triton XXIX (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $18,375. The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. Frederik III. 1648-1670. AV Dukat (h). København (Copenhagen) mint. Dated 1665. Crowned, cuirassed, and draped bust right / Crowned cruciform Fs around central 3. L.E. Bruun Collection (Part II, Stack’s Bowers Galleries, 14 March 2025), lot 13155 (NGC AU 58; hammer €24,000). In NGC encapsulation 8419324-001, graded MS 62. Extremely rare – only two other examples known: the Bruun example cited above, and one in the Danish National Museum. Top Pop." This type was struck 1660-62 and undated. Friedberg lumps this issue with the ducats of 1653 and 1657 but this type has the date on the reverse. One variety (KM 265.1) has the obverse legend clockwise from upper right while this one has the obverse legend clockwise from lower left.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine gold, this specimen 24 mm diameter, 3.48 g, 4 h axis.
Catalog reference: Schou 7; Hede 24B; KM 265.2; Friedberg 101.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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]Gasvoda, Michael, Victor England, Eric McFadden, Dave Michaels, Bill Dalzell and Lance Hickman, Triton XXIX, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC, 2025.
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