Poland 1664-AT 2 ducats Fr-89
This specimen was lot 1378 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €22,000 (about US$30,618 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"POLEN, KÖNIGREICH, Johann Kasimir, 1649-1668. 2 Dukaten 1664, A-T, Krakau. Gekröntes und geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//Gekröntes, vierfeldiges Wappen mit Mittelschild Korngarbe (Vasa), umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies, zu den Seiten die Signatur A - T (Andreas Timpf, Münzmeister in Krakau 1662-1666). GOLD. RR Min. gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Erworben 1956 bei der Firma Julius Jenke, München. (kingdom of Poland, John Casimir, 1649-68, double ducat of 1664, Cracow mint. Obverse: crowned, armored and mantled bust right with the Order of the Golden Fleece; reverse: quartered arms with the escutcheon of Vasa, Order of the Golden Fleece around, mintmaster's initials below. Rare, slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine. Bought from Jullius Jenke in 1956.)"
The SCWC lists this type for 1662-67 with an enormous catalog value.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7.00 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.82 g.
Catalog reference: KM 119, Fr-89; Kopicki 1921 (R5); Dutkowski K260 (R5).
- 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.
- [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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