Hamburg 1757-IHL ducat Fr-1125
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This specimen was lot 33536 in Heritage sale 3114 (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $3,840. The lot description[1] noted, "German States: Hamburg. Free City gold Ducat 1757-IHL MS64 NGC. A remarkable, semi-Prooflike representative weaving near-Gem peripheries upon reflective fields. The sole finest recorded by NGC." This type was struck 1754-65 in small numbers. Hamburg did not give up minting ducats until 1872, amid the coinage reform resulting from unification. Double ducats (Fr-1124) also exist.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine gold, .109 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 411, Fr-1125.
- 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.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2024 January 16 - 18 NYINC World Coins Signature Auction #3114, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2023.
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