Munsterberg-Oels 1511 ducat Fr-3224
This specimen was lot 30099 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $7,637.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Rarely Found on the Market Silesia-Munsterberg-Oels. Albrecht & Karl Goldgulden 1511, AU50 NGC. A stunning example of this very rare type with well-struck features and superbly toned surfaces. The obverse depicts a standing figure of St. James. We expect to enjoy spirited competition for this piece as it is almost never found in the market. Ex: "Colonel" E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." The duchy is located in Silesia and fell to the Hapsburgs in the seventeenth century on the extinction of the line. Frederick the Great of Prussia seized Silesia in the 1740's but it is now part of Poland.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-3224.
- 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.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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- (1510-11) ducat
- 1519 goldgulden
- Coins and currency dated 1511
- return to coins of German States, Silesia