Fulda 1779 ducat Fr-1062

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Künker sale 352, lot 1909

This specimen was lot 1909 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$5,010 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FULDA, ABTEI, SEIT 1752 BISTUM, Heinrich VIII. von Bibra, 1759-1788. Dukat 1779, auf sein 50jähriges Priesterjubiläum. GOLD. RR Vorzüglich/vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, bishopric of Fulda, Henry VIII of Bibra, 1759-88, ducat of 1779, on the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination. Rare, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

Heinrich VIII, bishop of Fulda 1759-88, does not seem to have held any other clerical titles, unusual as most of his contemporaries were committed pluralists. The bishop marked his anniversary with three different ducats: KM 140 (bust obverse/arms reverse), KM 141 (bust obverse/inscription reverse, shown here) and KM 142 (arms obverse/inscription reverse).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 141, Buchonia 122; Fr-1062.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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