Hesse-Cassel 1737-LR ducat Fr-1301

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Künker sale 294, lot 3654

This specimen was lot 3654 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$5,930 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HESSEN, HESSEN-KASSEL, LANDGRAFSCHAFT Friedrich I. 1730-1751. Dukat 1737, Kassel. GOLD. R Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, Frederick I, 1730-51, ducat of 1737, Cassel mint. Scarce, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This scarce type was accompanied by a ducat with a bust obverse (Fr-1300). Frederick I was also king of Sweden.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, .109 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3.44 g.

Catalog reference: KM 429, Fr-1301; Schütz 1606.

Source:

  • Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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