Hungary 1651-KB 2 ducats Fr-108
This specimen was lot 340 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €16,000 (about US$20,757 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand III. 1625-1637-1657. 2 Dukaten 1651, KB, Kremnitz. Der gekrönte und geharnischte Kaiser steht halbr. mit umgelegtem Mantel, mit der Rechten das Zepter schulternd, in der Linken Reichsapfel, zu den Seiten das Münzstättenzeichen K - B//Madonna mit dem Kind auf dem Arm und Zepter in der Rechten auf Mondsichel, umher Strahlenkranz. GOLD. RR Min. gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand III, 1637-57, double ducat of 1651, Kremnitz mint. Obverse: crowned and armored half-length portrait of the emperor with scepter and orb; reverse: Madonna with the Child in her arms and a scepter in her right hand on a crescent moon, a glory all around. Very rare, slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1641-54 and is listed as one of the more available double ducats of Hapsburg Hungary. Hungary in the 1650's was partitioned between the Austrians and the Turks and was not part of the Empire.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 128, Fr-108 (listed under Hungary); Herinek 190.
- 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, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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