Prussia 1741-EGN ducat Fr-2367

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Künker sale 264, lot 3618

This specimen was lot 3618 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,651 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Dukat 1741, EGN, Berlin. GOLD. R Prachtexemplar. Leichter Bug, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Mit altem Beschreibungskärtchen. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick the Great, 1740-86, ducat of 1741, Berlin mint. extremely fine to uncirculated, with old envelope.)"

This type of 1741-45 is the first gold coin issued by Frederick the Great. It was issued with the first frederick d'or (KM 233) which would eventually edge out the ducat as the primary Prussian gold coin.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.48 g.

Catalog reference: KM 238, Fr-2367; Olding 382 a; Kluge 15.1.

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.
  • [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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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