Hamburg 1754-IHL 2 ducats Fr-1124
This specimen was lot 3699 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,617 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"STADT 2 Dukaten 1754, mit Titel von Franz I. Münzmeister Johann Hinrich Löwe. GOLD. R Nur 550 Exemplare geprägt. Sehr attraktives Exemplar, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, city of Hamburg, double ducat of 1754, in the name of Francis I. Scarce, only 550 struck, very attractive, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type is listed for 1754-65 but is rare. It varies from the prior type (also Fr-1124) by moving the date from the reverse to the obverse. Single ducats exist (Fr-1125) and are slightly more available.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, .221 troy oz AGW, this specimen 6,96 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1124; Gaed. 34 a, KM 413.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
- [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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