Prussia 1839-A 2 friedrichs d’or Fr-2428

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Künker sale 264, lot 3633
Stack's Bowers 2020 NYINC sale, lot 20365
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The first specimen was lot 3633 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,900 (about US$3,746 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH Friedrich Wilhelm III. 1797-1840. Doppelter Friedrichs d'or 1839, A. GOLD. Winz. Randfehler, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, double frederick d'or of 1839. Edge defects, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck in Berlin 1825-40 and is listed in the SCWC as a "frederick d'or." The second specimen was lot 20365 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $2,160. The catalog description[2] noted, "GERMANY. Prussia. 2 Frederick d'Or, 1839-A. Berlin Mint. Frederick William III. NGC AU-55. An attractive lightly circulated example of the type boasting much originality with minor earthen deposits in the crevasses of the fine details much remaining luster in the protected areas. A handsome survivor sure to be a welcome addition to the next collection it enters. This self-named denomination was introduced by Frederick the Great in 1749 and was struck in various types until 1855. This type, struck 1825-32 and 1836-40, is probably the most available of the denomination but seldom appears in the United States." The last double friedrichs d'or was struck in 1855 (KM 470) and was replaced by the gold krone (KM 492, struck 1861-70), which contained about 70/83 of the gold in the previous denomination. The gold krone was in turn superseded by the gold twenty mark of the German Empire. The gold doppelter friedrichs d'or was worth about 3½ ducats. See Denmark 1866-HC 2 christians d'or for a similar coin from Denmark.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.

Specification: 13.36 g, 0.903 fine gold, this specimen 13,34 g.

Catalog reference: Divo/S. 161; Fr-2428; Schl. 571; Olding 215, KM 416.

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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [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
  • [2]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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