Hungary 1590-KB ducat Fr-63
This specimen was lot 2259 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,752 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Rudolf II., 1576-1612. Dukat 1590 KB, Kremnitz. GOLD. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Rudolf II, 1576-1612, ducat of 1590, Kremnitz mint. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
The armored standing figure is not the emperor but of St. Ladislas holding a pike. The Kremnitz mint struck this type 1578-99 and the 1590 is shown as a common date. Hungary in 1590 was still largely dominated by the Turks and the prince of Transylvania.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,45 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB258, Fr-63; Huszar 1002.
- 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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