Erfurt 1632 ducat Fr-919

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Künker sale 404, lot 2653

This specimen was lot 2653 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,149 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE STADT ERFURT. DIE SCHWEDISCHE BESETZUNG, 1631-1648. Gustav II. Adolf, 1631-1632. Dukat 1632. Münzmeister Johann Schneider („Weissmantel“). Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, Spitzenkragen und umgelegtem Mantel//Krone zwischen der geteilten Jahreszahl 16 . - 3Z, darunter IOH : X : EIN / GVTER ° HIRTE / LESSET SEIN / LEBEN FVR / DIE SCHAFF. GOLD. Leicht gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Friedrich Popken, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 263, Osnabrück 2015, Nr. 28. (Germany, city of Erfurt, Gustavus Adolphus, 1631-32, ducat of 1632. Obverse: laureate and mantled bust right in pointed collar; reverse: crown divides the date, onscription below. Lightly creased, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Several ducats were minted for the Swedish king while he occupied Erfurt. This type was struck 1632-34. This one would have sold for more but for the crease. Erfurt was an exclave of Mainz between Gotha and Weimar in Thuringia.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,45 g.

Catalog reference: KM 63, Ahlström 11 a; Fr-919; Gräßler/Walde 578.

Source:

  • Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
  • 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 404: Coins and Medals of the City of Mainz - The Prof. Dr. Eckhart Pick Collection, Part II, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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