Hesse-Darmstadt 1840-HR 10 gulden Fr-1231

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 25137

This specimen was lot 25137 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hesse-Darmstadt. 10 Gulden, 1840-CV HR. Darmstadt Mint. Ludwig II. NGC AU-53. Mintage: The first year in a brief three-year series, this lightly handled example presents a brilliant golden-olive hue with a great deal of luster emanating from the protected areas. From the Augustana Collection." This type was struck 1840-42. This example sold for about half the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: 16,996.

Specification: 6.85 g, 0.904 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-1231; KM-315.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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