Poland (1587-1632) 10 ducats Fr-77

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Künker Auction 439, lot 2173

This specimen was lot 2173 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €117,500 (about US$161,645 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"POLEN, KÖNIGREICH Sigismund III., 1587-1632. Portugalöser zu 10 Dukaten o. J., vermutlich Krakau. SIGISMVNDVS · III · D : G · POLO · ET · SVE · REX · Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit großer Halskrause und umgelegtem Mantel//* MAG * DVX * LIT * RVS * - PRVS * - MAS * SAM * LIVO Gekröntes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Polen/Litauen) mit Mittelschild Korngarbe (Vasa), umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. GOLD. Von allergrößter Seltenheit. Kl. Stempelfehler am Rand, leichte Prägeschwäche, sehr schön +. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 371, Osnabrück 2022, Nr. 2129. (kingdom of Poland, Sigismund III, 1587-1632, undated portugaloser of ten ducats, perhaps Cracow mint. Obverse: armored, ruffed and mantled bust right; reverse: crowned and quartered arms of Poland and Lithuania with the escutcheon of Vasa, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Supremely rare, edge defects, slightly weakly struck, very fine or better.)"

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 34.9 g, 0.986 fine gold, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 34,48 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-77; Kopicki 1427 leicht var. (R8); Dutkowski 75 leicht var. (R8).

Sources:

  • 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.
  • 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, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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