Hamburg 1612 ducat Fr-1100
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This specimen was lot 149 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €550 (about US$711 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Hamburg, STADT Dukat 1642. Münzmeister Matthias Freude. GOLD. Hübsche Goldpatina, sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Schierhorn, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 176, Osnabrück 2010, Nr. 5013. (Germany, city of Hamburg, ducat of 1642, mintmaster Matthias Freude. Handsome gold color, very fine.)"
This type was minted more or less uninterruptedly from 1497 to 1667. It is still scarce despite nearly two centuries of production.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1100; Gaed. 91 var.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
- 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.
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