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This specimen was lot 30093 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $5,287.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Very Low Mintage Issue Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Ernst I gold Ducat 1842, KM 72, Fr-2915, MS61 NGC. Mintage of 508. Struck in Dresden, this coin shows knife-like detail within in the central design and retained prooflike splendor among the protected areas. Light, well-blended handling in the open fields accounts for the grade, but the eye-appeal remains quite pleasing. Seldom offered and in constant collector demand. Ex: "Colonel" E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman / B.G. Johnson."