Frankfurt (1711) ducat Fr-992a
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This specimen was lot 954 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $3,120. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANKFURT: Free Imperial City, AV ducat, ND (1711), medallic issue for the Coronation of Charles VI as Holy Roman Emperor in Frankfurt, a lustrous nearly mint state example, PCGS graded AU58, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." The SCWC mentions a Frankfurt ducat for 1711 (KM 172) but not this one. At least two double ducats (Fr-989 and Fr-990) were also struck for this occasion.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.48 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-992a, Novák-XI-GG-11a.
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- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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