Prussia 1848-A 2 friedrichs d’or Fr-2431

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Künker sale 264, lot 3638

This specimen was lot 3638 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,100 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH Friedrich Wilhelm IV. 1840-1861. Doppelter Friedrichs d'or 1848, A. GOLD. Vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, double frederick d'or of 1848, extremely fine.)"

The last doppelter friedrichs d'or was struck in 1855 (KM 469) and was replaced by the gold half krone (KM 493, struck 1861-69), 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 The gold krone was in turn superseded by the gold twenty mark of the German Empire.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.

Specification: 13.36 g, 0.903 fine gold, this specimen 13.35 g.

Catalog reference: Divo/S. 164; Fr-2431; Schl. 603; Olding 355, KM 443.

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

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