Hamburg 1806 ducat Fr-1136
This specimen was lot 1519 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,416 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · HAMBURG, STADT Dukat 1806, mit Titel von Franz II. Slg. Vogel (Auktion Künker 213) 4749. GOLD. Min. gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Hamburg, ducat of 1806, struck in the name of Francis II. Slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1793-1806 in small numbers. Hamburg did not give up minting ducats until 1872, amid the coinage reform resulting from unification.
Recorded mintage: 7,521.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 504.2, Divo/S. 73; Fr-1136; Schl. 276;
- 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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