Hesse-Cassel 1744 1/4 ducat Fr-1307

from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 20509

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

Hesse in 1789, from Putzger's 1905 atlas

This specimen was lot 20509 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hesse-Cassel. 1/4 Ducat, 1744. Friedrich I (1730-51). NGC MS-66. Housed within an older six digit NGC holder. Finest graded example at NGC. Crowned monogram; Reverse: Standing lion left, star below. Meticulously preserved. Sharply struck with bright glossy surfaces and terrific luster." The SCWC lists this type for 1744 and 1750.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold, .027 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-1307; KM-436.

Source:

• 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]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

Link to:

• 1720 quarter ducat
• 1737 ducat
• 1746 ducat
• 1748-ICB 1/8 thaler
• 1748 half ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1744
• return to German States, Hesse-Cassel