File:Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1752 quarter ducat obv H3029-30576.jpg

This specimen was lot 30576 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Franz Josias gold 1/4 Ducat 1752, KM 51, Fr-3012, MS61 NGC. A lovely little piece, with very good eye appeal and only a few minor deposits on the reverse. This is a very rare coin, and far superior to the only other example sold in the last decade (Kunker 160, lot 4971, hammer at 900 euros). Ex: "Colonel" E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman / B.G. Johnson."