Frankfurt 1742 ducat Fr-1000
This specimen was lot 1898 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANKFURT, STADT, Dukat 1742, auf die Wahl Karls VII. zum römischen Kaiser. GOLD. Kl. Stempelfehler, vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Frankfurt, ducat of 1742, on the coronation of Charles VII as Roman emperor. Small die crack, extremely fine.)"
Frankfurt issued three other ducats honoring the pretender and a double ducat (Fr-1002). Charles Albert was elector of Bavaria 1726-45 and was Holy Roman Emperor during the war of the Austrian Succession as Charles VII, 1742-45. He was unable to hold his own electorate against the Austrians and spent most of the war holed up in Frankfurt, where this ducat was issued. His son surrendered the imperial title to Francis of Lorraine, the husband of Maria Theresia, in exchange for the return of Bavaria.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 197, Förschner 249; Fr-1000; J. u. F. 743.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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