Nurnberg (1792) ducat Fr-1914
This specimen was lot 2031 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,845 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NÜRNBERG, STADT, Dukat o. J. (1792), mit Titel von Franz II. GOLD. Min. gewellt, vorzüglich. Erworben 1938 bei der Firma Julius Jenke, München. (Germany, city of Nuremberg, undated ducat struck in the name of Francis II. Slightly bent, extremely fine. Bought from Julius Jenke in 1938.)"
Another ducat struck in 1792 (KM A381) featured two allegorical females on the reverse (Law and Faith) instead of the city view shown here.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 380, Fr-1914; Kellner 82 a.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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