Frankfurt 1658 2 ducats Fr-979
This specimen was lot 1896 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €11,000 (about US$15,309 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANKFURT, STADT, 2 Dukaten 1658, auf die Krönung Leopolds I. zum römischen Kaiser in Frankfurt. Sechs Zeilen Schrift, darüber halten zwei Engel Kaiserkrone//Zwei aus Wolken kommende Hände halten sich Zepter und Schwert entgegen, unten gekrönter Globus, oben strahlendes Gottesauge in Wolken. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Min. gewellt, vorzüglich. Erworben 1954 bei der Firma Grabow, Berlin. (Germany, city of Frankfurt, double ducat of 1658, on the coronation of Leopold I as emperor in Frankfurt. Obverse: six line inscription; above, two angels hold the imperial crown; reverse: two hands coming out of clouds hold scepter and sword towards each other, below a crowned globe, above shining God's eye in clouds. Extremely rare, slightly wavy, extremely fine. Bought from Grabow in 1954.)"
This rare type was accompanied by a single ducat (KM 126), a 4 ducats (KM 128) and 5 ducats (KM 82).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6,94 g.
Catalog reference: KM 127, Förschner 83; J. u. F. 495; Fr-979.
- 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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