Munster (1661-78) 2 ducats Fr-1768

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Künker sale 424, lot 529

This specimen was lot 529 in Künker Auction 424 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €17,000 (about US$24,072 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · MÜNSTER, BISTUM Christoph Bernhard von Galen, 1650-1678. 2 Dukaten o. J. (1661-1678), Münster. * CHRIST : BERN : D · G · EPIS · & PRINCEPS · MONAS Gekröntes und verziertes, achtfeldiges Wappen (Corvey, Münster, Stromberg / Borkelo - Corvey / Stromberg, Münster, Borkelo) mit dem Familienwappen von Galen als Mittelschild, dahinter Krummstab und Schwert gekreuzt//AVE · MARIA - GRATIA · PLENA Gekrönte Madonna mit Zepter in der Rechten und dem Kind auf dem linken Arm thront v. v. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Attraktives Exemplar mit schöner Goldtönung, kl. Stempelfehler, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Weweler, Auktion Adolph Hess Nachf, 191, Frankfurt/Main 1928, Nr. 121 ("Von größter Seltenheit und schönster Erhaltung") und der Slg. Dieter Braun, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 249, Osnabrück 2014, Nr. 1729. (Germany, bishopric of Münster, Münster mint. Obverse: crowned eightfold arms of Corvey, Münster, Stromberg and Borkelo with the escutcheon of Galen over crossed crozier and sword; reverse: crowned and sceptered Madonna holds the Child. Extremely rare, attractive example with fine gold toning, minor die defect, extremely fine.)"

Under von Galen's energetic administration, Münster began to recover from the devastation of the Thirty Years War. This issue was accompanied by a single ducat (Fr-1769).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold; this specimen 6,95 g.

Catalog reference: KM 35, Fr-1768 (this specimen); Schulze 111 a.

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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 424: Münster, Osnabrück, and the Peace of Westphalia | The Fuggers, Leuchtenberg, and Passau | The Collection of a German Manufacturer and History Enthusiast, Part 3, e.g., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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