Nurnberg 1649 2 ducats Fr-1832

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Künker sale 352, lot 2004

This specimen was lot 2004 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,897 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"NÜRNBERG, STADT, 2 Dukaten 1649, auf den Westfälischen Frieden. Lammprägung. GOLD. Vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Nuremberg, double ducat of 1649, on the Peace of Westphalia, Paschal Lamb. Extremely fine.)"

This issue and the accompanying single ducat (Fr-1833) celebrated the Peace of Westphalia which finally ended the Thirty Years War.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.00 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6,90 g.

Catalog reference: KM 160, Deth./Ord. -; Fr-1832; Kellner 49.

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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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