Nurnberg 1692-GFN 1/2 ducat Fr-1864
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This specimen was lot 6585 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €700 (about US$916 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NÜRNBERG, STADT, 1/2 Dukat 1692. Lammprägung. GOLD. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, city of Nuremberg, half ducat of 1692, Paschal lamb. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
While this type of 1692 is not rare, it is scarce compared to the 1700-GFN half ducat with a similar design which appears so often in auctions.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.75 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 1,73 g.
Catalog reference: KM 216, Kellner 86; Fr-1864.
- 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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