Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg 1799 ducat Fr-1469
This specimen was lot 1055 in Sincona sale 50 (Zürich, October 2018), where it sold for 9,500 CHF (about US$11,459 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg, Grafschaft. Friedrich Karl, 1779-1806. Dukat 1799, Wertheim. FRIED : CARL REG : GRAF IN LOEW : WERTHEIM . Uniformiertes Brustbild nach rechts. Rv. Gekrönter, neunfeldiger Schild mit den Wappen von Löwenstein, Rochefort, Wertheim, Matagu, Bayern, Limpurg, Breuberg, Virneburg und Scharfeneck, unten mit anhängendem Ordensstern, zu den Seiten die geteilte Jahreszahl 17 - 99. Von grösster Seltenheit. Prachtvolle Erhaltung. Vorzüglich-FDC. Exemplar der Auktion Meister & Sonntag 4, Stuttgart 2006, Nr. 2151. (Germany, county of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg, Frederick Charles, 1779-1806, ducat of 1799, Wertheim mint. Obverse: uniformed bust to right; reverse: crowned ninefold shield of Löwenstein, Rochefort, Wertheim, Matagu, Bavaria, Limpurg, Breuberg, Virneburg and Scharfeneck, order star below divides the date. Of the highest rarity, Magnificent condition, Extremely fine-uncirculated.)"
This rare type accompanied a double ducat of the same year (KM 57). The state was mediatized in 1806.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 56, Wibel 165. Fr-1469.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. .
- 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]Richter, Jürg, Sincona Jubilee Auction 50, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2018.
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