Kaufbeuren 1730 ducat Fr-1421
This specimen was lot 25141 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $6,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Kaufbeuren. Ducat, 1730 (in chronogram). Free City. NGC MS-63. Commemorating the 20[0]th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. Featuring figures holding an open Bible (BIB) and book reading A C (for the Augsburg Confession), this commemorative issue presents Choice quality with a sharp strike and resounding brilliance. From the Augustana Collection." This obscure Swabian town is of no interest to numismatists except for a series of thalers (Dav-9344 thru -9355) struck 1540-52. These were struck nearly a century before its much larger neighbor, Augsburg, struck any thalers. The region is now part of Bavaria. This is the only issue of this town listed for the eighteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 10, Fr-1421; cf. Brozatus-1055 (silver); Whiting-399.
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- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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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