Mainz 1636 ducat Fr-1652

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Künker sale 404, lot 2326

This specimen was lot 2326 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €650 (about US$853 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF ANSELM CASIMIR WAMBOLDT VON UMSTADT, 1629-1647. Die Münzstätte Mainz. Dukat 1636, Mainz. Ohne Signatur. Vierfeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Wamboldt-Umstadt), zu den Seiten die geteilte Jahreszahl 16-36//Verzierte Schrifttafel mit DVCATVS / NOVVS : / AVR • ELEC / TOR • MOG / VNTIÆ •. GOLD. R Vorderseite von korrodierten Stempeln, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Münzhandlung Sonntag 30, Stuttgart 2019, Nr. 880. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Anselm Casimir Wamboldt of Umstadt, 1629-47, ducat of 1636, Mainz mint, without signature. Obverse: quartered arms of Mainz and Wamboldt-Umstadt divides the date; reverse: tablet with five line inscription. Rare, obverse struck with a corroded die, very fine.)"

This type was struck 1636 and 1641 along with KM 67 (bust obverse).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,44 g.

Catalog reference: KM 66, Fr-1652; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) -; Slg. Walther 252.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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 404: Coins and Medals of the City of Mainz - The Prof. Dr. Eckhart Pick Collection, Part II, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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