Frankfurt 1745 1-1/4 ducat Fr-1009a
This specimen was lot 3635 in Künker sale 385 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,910 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANKFURT, STADT, 1 1/4 Dukaten 1745, auf die Krönung von Franz I. zum römischen Kaiser. GOLD. Vorzüglich. Erworben 1996 bei der Firma M. Meister. (city of Frankfurt, 1¼ ducat of 1745, on the coronation of Francis I as emperor. Extremely fine.)"
This type was accompanied by two different ducats (KM 203 and 204) and a 3/4 ducat (KM 202). Eighteenth century coinage from this town is surprisingly scanty, given its status as a free city. A few of these are known struck in silver (KM-Pn48).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.37 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 4,32 g.
Catalog reference: KM 205, Fr-1009a; J. u. F. 796 a; Förschner 311.
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- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 385: Absolutismus, Aufklärung und Französische Revolution im Spiegel von Münzen und Medaillen - Die Sammlung Bader, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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