Pfalz 1746-S ducat Fr-2040

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Künker sale 352, lot 2064

This specimen was lot 2064 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,505 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PFALZ, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Karl Theodor, 1743-1799. Dukat 1746, Mannheim, auf die Huldigung in Heidelberg. GOLD. Kratzer, vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Pfalz, Charles Theodore, 1743-99, ducat of 1746, Mannheim mint, for the homage of the city of Heidelberg. Scratched, extremely fine.)"

A silver gulden was also struck for this occasion.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,54 g.

Catalog reference: KM 343, Fr-2040; Haas 203; Slg. Memmesh. 2452; Slg. Kömmerling (Auktion UBS 65) 440.

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.
  • 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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