Pfalz 1726 ducat Fr-2026
This specimen was lot 3220 in Sincona sale 43 (Zürich, October 2017), where it sold for 3,400 CHF (about US$4,057 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Pfalz-Kurlinie, Karl Philipp, 1716-1742 Dukat 1726. Heidelberg Zwitter-Prägung. Selten. Gutes vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of the Palatinate, Charles Philip, 1716-42, ducat of 1726, Heidelberg mint. Rare, Good extremely fine.)"
Altho none of the ducats of Pfalz are common, this one is only scarce, not rare. It is a reissue of a type first struck in 1721. The Rhineland was devastated during the Thirty Years War and Electoral Pfalz never recovered its former prosperity. After the fall of Napoleon, the region was incorporated into Prussia and was industrialized in the late nineteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.45 g.
Catalog reference: KM 219, Slg. Memmesheimer 2406. Fr-2026.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 43, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.
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