Hamburg 1872-B ducat Fr-1142
This specimen was lot 1522 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 1872. Slg. Vogel (Auktion Künker 213) 4815. GOLD. Winz. Randfehler, fast vorzüglich. Aus der Familiensammlung Mohr. (Germany, city of Hamburg, ducat of 1872. Minor edge defect, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1868-72 in moderate numbers. Hamburg did not give up minting ducats until 1872, amid the coinage reform resulting from unification.
Recorded mintage: 30,000.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine gold, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 3,48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 589, Divo/S. 80; Fr-1142; Schl. 346.
- 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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