Lubeck (1500) ducat Fr-1474

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Heritage sale 3038, lot 34575
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 34575 in Heritage sale 3038 (Dallas, January 2015), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "Lubeck. Free City gold Ducat ND (ca. 1500) AU53 PCGS. St. John standing on both sides within oval cartouche. A distinguished late medieval gold coin." The city of Lubeck, on the Baltic Sea, struck ducats until the eighteenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, .979 fine gold, .109 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-1474.

Source:

  • 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3038, featuring the Empire, the Santa Catarina, the Law and the Santa Maria Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.

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