Erfurt 1634 ducat Fr-923

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Künker sale 263, lot 30

This specimen was lot 30 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,100 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Erfurt, STADT Unter Schweden. Gustav II. Adolf, 1631-1632. Dukat 1634. Posthume Prägung. GOLD. Vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Erfurt, Swedish occupation, ducat of 1634, posthumous issue. extremely fine.)"

Other ducats, including Fr-919, were issued in 1634 to mark the death of Gustavus Adolphus.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3,39 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-923; Leitzmann - (vgl. 785 b). Ahlström 15 b; KM 54.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

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