Hamburg (1692-1705)-IR 2 ducats Fr-1108
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This specimen was lot 3688 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,909 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"STADT 2 Dukaten o. J. (1692-1705), mit Titel Leopolds I. GOLD. R Vorzügliches Exemplar mit feiner Goldtönung. (Germany, city of Hamburg, undated double ducat, in the name of Leopold I. Scarce, extremely fine with nice gold color.)"
This type is also shown with a earlier mintmaster HL, active 1672-92.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6,91 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1108; Gaed. 15 b, KM 109.
- 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015
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