Hamburg 1818 ducat Fr-1141
This specimen was lot 25128 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hamburg. Ducat, 1818. Hamburg Mint. NGC MS-62. A fairly SCARCE issue, this nearly-Choice specimen glistens with a high level of shimmering luster and presents a mostly golden-yellow hue throughout, with the coloring lessening slightly at the peripheries. From the Augustana Collection." This type was struck 1811 and 1815-34. Hamburg did not give up minting ducats until 1872 amid the coinage reform resulting from unification. Hamburg's prosperity was badly damaged by the looting conducted while the port was under Napoleonic occupation. It did not recover until German industrialization greatly expanded trade.
Recorded mintage: 7,000.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-1141; KM-540.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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