Pfalz-Sulzbach 1742 ducat Fr-2038

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Pfalz-Sulzbach 1742 ducat rev Stacks 110-704.jpg
from the Stacks Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 20599
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The first specimen was lot 704 in Stack's "Vermuele, Ward & Mexico Maxico" sale (New York, January 2010), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMAN STATES. PFALZ-SULZBACH. Karl Theodor, 1742-1799. Ducat, 1742. Mannheim. Wedding of Karl Theodor and Elizabeth Augusta. Conjoined busts r. Rv. Twin oval shields under Electoral crown, Palatine House Joined in Connubial Bliss, By Senate and People of Mannheim. A pleasing Wedding coin boasting fine design and meticulous strike. MS-61 (NGC)." The second specimen was lot 20599 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $2,280. The catalog description[2] noted, "GERMANY. Pfalz-Sulzbach. Ducat, 1742. Karl Theodor (1742-99). NGC MS-61. Mannheim city issue for the wedding of Karl Theodor and Elizabeth Augusta. Conjoined busts right; Reverse: Twin oval shields under Electoral crown, "Palatine House Joined in Connubial Bliss, By Senate and People of Mannheim". A pleasing wedding commemorative issue, boasting a meticulous strike, fields that possess charming gleam and a design that is far more refined than most." Another scarce one-year type.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-2038, KM 308 (formerly KM 53).

Source:

  • 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]Kraljevich, John, and Frank Van Valen, The Vermuele, Ward & Mexico Maxico Collections, New York: Stack's, 2009.
  • [2]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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