Hamburg 1650 ducat Fr-1100
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This specimen was lot 3683 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,067 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"STADT Dukat 1650. Münzmeister Matthias Freude. GOLD. Prachtexemplar. Winz. Schrötlingsriß, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, city of Hamburg, ducat of 1650. Proof example, die crack on reverse, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type is listed for 1641-67 and is rather scarce for a German ducat of the period.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW; this specimen is 3.49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 69, Fr-1100; Gaed. 98.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1644 ducat
- 1645 thaler
- 1658 ducat
- Coins and currency dated 1650
- return to coins of German States, Hamburg