Hall 1742 ducat Fr-1080
This specimen was lot 29797 in Heritage sale 3042 (Long Beach, September 2015), where it sold for $5,405. The catalog description[1] noted, "Schwäbisch Hall. Free City gold Ducat 1742 MS63 NGC. This rare, one-year issue is struck with the titles of Karl VII and radiates with ample, original luster that effortlessly coats the surfaces, enveloping the bold devices in a halo of golden brilliance. An offering with unending visual allure, quite impressive in this technical grade, and with a reported mintage of just 200 pieces, a model representative of the type." The city of Hall in Swabia was a large issuer of coins in the Middle Ages but by the eighteenth century its issues are few and scarce.
Recorded mintage: 200.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 29, Fr-1080.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3042, featuring the Read and Bob Bennett Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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.
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