Hungary 1550-KB ducat Fr-48
This specimen was lot 2245 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$8,942 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand I., 1522-1558-1564. Dukat 1550 KB, Kremnitz. GOLD. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung Jürgen und Erika Schmidt, Bovenden. Exemplar der Auktion H. D. Rauch und L. Nudelman 3, Budapest 2007, Nr. 643 ("Aus Auktion Globe Galéria 18., No. 251"). (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I, 1522-64, ducat of 1550, Kremnitz mint. Very rare date, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
Friedberg lists this type for 1527-65 from Kremnitz (shown here), Neustadt (Fr-49) and Hermannstadt (Fr-50). The larger part of Hungary was divided between the Turks and the prince of Transylvania; Ferdinand held only a slice in the west and north.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,56 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB124, Fr-48; Markl 1264.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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