Hanau-Munzenberg 1739-ER 1/2 ducat Fr-1152b
This specimen was lot 4008 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,724 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HANAU-MÜNZENBERG, GRAFSCHAFT, Wilhelm VIII. von Hessen-Kassel, 1736-1760. 1/2 Dukat 1739, Hanau. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Min. gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (county of Hanau-Munzenberg, William VIII of Hesse-Cassel, 1736-60, half ducat of 1739, Hanau mint. Extremely rare, slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This is the only issue of this denomination from this county. The native dynasty fell extinct in 1736 and the state was ruled by the landgraves of Hesse-Cassel until 1803. The other part, Hanau-Lichtenberg, passed to Hesse-Darmstadt.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.75 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 1.73 g.
Catalog reference: KM 74, Fr-1152 b; Schütz 1750; Müller 2604.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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