Hungary 1567-KB ducat Fr-57

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from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 46544
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This specimen was lot 46544 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[1] noted, "HUNGARY. Ducat, 1567-KB. Kremnica Mint. Maximilian II. NGC AU Details--Damaged." The SCWC lists this as a goldgulden, which by the sixteenth cnetury was lighter and lower in fineness than the ducat. This type is listed in Friedberg for 1565-79 and is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-57; KM-MB214.

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.
  • Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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