File:Mansfeld Bornstedt 1687 ducat obv H3029-30081.jpg

This specimen was lot 30081 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $3,055. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Highly Artistic Type Mansfeld-Bornstedt. Franz Maximilian & Heinrich Franz gold Ducat 1687, KM 135, Fr-1573, AU58 NGC. One-year type. A wonderful illustration ducat with a skilled rendering of Saint George on horseback slaying a dragon on the obverse, and crowned arms encircled by the Order of the Golden Fleece on the reverse. A rather desirable example, this coin has bright orange-gold surfaces and above-average central definition as a result of the penetrating strike. Ideal for the ducat collector, or even perhaps even the British collector that finds interest in the paralleled imagery."