Hamburg 1870-B ducat Fr-1142
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This specimen was lot 2436 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,651 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HAMBURG, STADT Dukat 1870. GOLD. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (city of Hamburg, ducat of 1870. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type is listed for 1868-72 and is fairly common for a German ducat of the period. The Hamburg mint remained open after unification and is still operating today, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany.
Recorded mintage: 26,000.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine gold, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 3,49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 589 (formerly KM 280), Divo/S. 80; Fr-1142; Schl. 346.
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- 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, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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