Mainz 1639-BS 2 ducat Fr-1651

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Künker sale 336, lot 6569

This specimen was lot 6569 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,178 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"MAINZ, ERZBISTUM, Anselm Casimir Wamboldt von Umstadt, 1629-1647. 2 Dukaten 1639, Mainz. GOLD. Min. gewellt, sehr schön +. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Anselm Casimir Wamboldt von Umstadt, 1629-47, double ducat of 1639, Mainz mint. Bent, very fine or better.)"

Friedberg lists this type for 1638-39 and notes it as fairly common tho not cheap.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.74 g.

Catalog reference: KM 74, Fr-1651; Slg. Walther 265; Slg. Pick 374 var.

Source:

  • 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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