Hesse-Cassel 1737-LR ducat Fr-1300
This specimen was lot 3723 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$5,684 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HESSEN-KASSEL, LANDGRAFSCHAFT, Friedrich I. 1730-1751. Dukat 1737, Kassel. Büste r. mit Lorbeerkranz, unten die Signatur L · R (Louis Rollin, Münzmeister in Kassel 1723-1744)//Gekröntes, vierfeldiges schwedisches Wappen, belegt mit dem sechsfeldigen Wappen von Hessen mit dem hessischen Löwen als Mittelschild, zu den Seiten die geteilte Jahreszahl 17 - 37. GOLD. RR Min. gewellt, sehr schön. (Germany, landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, Frederick I, 1730-51, ducat of 1737, Cassel mint. Obverse: laureate bust to right, signature below; reverse: crowned, quartered arms of Sweden with Hessian arms on central escutcheon divides the date. Rare, bent, very fine.)"
This scarce type was reissued in 1746. Frederick I was also king of Sweden.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3.46 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1300; Schütz 1605, KM 431.
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- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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