Hesse-Darmstadt (1740) ducat Fr-1226
This specimen was lot 3659 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,313 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HESSEN, HESSEN-DARMSTADT, LANDGRAFSCHAFT, Ludwig VIII. 1739-1768. Dukat o. J. (um 1740), Darmstadt. Saudukat. GOLD. RR Min. gewellt, winz. Henkelspur, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Louis VIII, 1739-68, undated "sow" ducat, Darmstadt mint. Rare, slightly bent, small mount mark, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type, along with Fr-1225 featuring a stag, is not listed in the SCWC, perhaps excluded on the grounds of being a medal. It is a charming design and one should not be small-minded if one can afford a specimen such as this.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, .109 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3,37 g.
Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Fr-1226; Schütz 3132.1.Au.
- 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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