Konigsegg-Rothenfels 1756 ducat Fr-1430
This specimen was lot 159 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €4,000 (about US$5,189 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"KÖNIGSEGG-ROTHENFELS, FÜRSTENTUM, Franz Hugo, 1737-1771 und seine Brüder. Dukat 1756, Wien. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel//Behelmtes Wappen. GOLD. RR Feine Goldpatina, Kratzer, vorzüglich. (Germany, principality of Konigsegg-Rothenfels, Francis Hugo and his brothers, 1737-71, ducat of 1756, Vienna mint. Obverse: armored and mantled bust right; reverse: helmeted arms. Very rare, fine gold patina, scratches, extremely fine.)"
This insignificant county was wedged between the Austrian Vorarlberg and the bishopric of Augsburg. During the mediatizations, it passed to Bavaria in 1805. The coinage therefrom was done strictly to preserve the county's mint right and was struck to order in Vienna. The count's brothers were Karl Ferdinand, Christian Moritz Eugen and Maximilian Friedrich.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 5, Binder 1 leicht var.; Fr-1430.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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.
Link to:
- Bavaria 1756 ducat Fr-246, gold from the Danube
- 1759 thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1756