Pfalz 1763-AS ducat Fr-2037

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Künker sale 406, lot 4040

This specimen was lot 4040 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,149 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PFALZ, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Karl Theodor, 1743-1799. Dukat 1763, Mannheim. Rheingold. GOLD. Leichte Druckstellen, winz. Kratzer, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Bankhaus Aufhäuser 13, München 1997, Nr. 1605. (electorate of the Palatinate, Charles Theodore, 1743-99, ducat of 1763, Mannheim mint, gold from the Rhine. Lightly punched, some hairlines, about extremely fine.)"

Another scarce type from 1762-64, made from gold panned from the Rhine. Carl Theodor went on to become elector of Bavaria.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,48 g.

Catalog reference: KM 393, Fr-2037; Haas 62; Slg. Memmesh. 2482; Slg. Kömmerling (Auktion UBS 65) 478.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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