Pomerania-Stettin 1596 ducat Fr-2078
This specimen was lot 3794 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €9,000 (about US$11,626 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"POMMERN-STETTIN, HERZOGTUM Johann Friedrich, 1569-1600. Dukat 1596 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1594 geändert), Stettin. Geharnischtes Hüftbild r. die Linke am Schwertgriff//Vierfeldiges Wappen, umher Verzierungen. Slg Hahn (Auktion Künker 224) 1059. GOLD. RR Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Pomerania-Stettin, John Frederick, 1569-1600, ducat of 1596 over 4, Stettin mint. Obverse: armored half-length bust to right with sword; reverse: quartered arms. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The other known date is 1594.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: Hildisch 3; Fr-2078.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
- 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.
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