Hamburg 1834 ducat Fr-1141
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This specimen was lot 1521 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €700 (about US$991 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · HAMBURG, STADT Dukat 1834. Slg. Vogel (Auktion Künker 213) 4777. GOLD. Sehr schön +. Aus der Familiensammlung Mohr. (Germany, city of Hamburg, ducat of 1834. Very fine or better.)"
This type was struck 1811, 1815-34 in small numbers. Hamburg did not give up minting ducats until 1872, amid the coinage reform resulting from unification.
Recorded mintage: 10,000.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine gold, this specimen 3,48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 540, Divo/S. 77; Fr-1141; Schl. 308.
- 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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