Regensburg (1742)-ICB 10 ducats Fr-2510
This specimen was lot 1223 in Sincona sale 38 (Zürich, May 2017), where it sold for 130,000 CHF (about US$155,909 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Regensburg, Stadt, 10 Dukaten o. J. (1742). Titel Karls VII. Stempelschneider Johann Leonhard Oexlein und Christoph Daniel Oexlein. Münzmeister Johann Christoph Busch 1741-1766. Von grösster Seltenheit. Vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Regensburg, undated ten ducats struck in the name of Charles VII. Of the highest rarity, Extremely fine.)"
The campaign of Karl VII of Bavaria represented the last serious attempt to take the increasingly worthless imperial crown away from the Hapsburgs. Two generations later, in 1806, Napoleon would abolish the Holy Roman Empire and nobody would lift a sword in its defense. Regensburg, completely surrounded by Bavarian territory, had little choice but to strike coinage in the pretender's name. Single (Fr-2515) and double ducats (Fr-2517) also exist.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 35 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 34.80 g.
Catalog reference: Beckenbauer 212, Fr-2510; KM 311.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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]Jürg Richter, Auction 38, Gold Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.
Link to:
- (1740-45)-ICB CDO thaler, Charles VII/baroque arms
- (1740-45)-ICB CDO double thaler, Charles VII/baroque arms
- (1740-45) half ducat, Charles VII/city view
- (1741-45)-ICB OEXL 15 kreuzer (1/8 thaler), Charles VII/city arms
- (1741-45)-ICB CDO half thaler, Charles VII/city arms
- (1741)-B 1/32 ducat
- (1742)-B CDO half thaler, Charles VII/city view
- (1742)-CDO thaler, Charles VII/city view
- (1742)-ICB CDO thaler, Charles VII/city view with eagle
- (1742)-CDO double thaler, Charles VII/city view
- (1742)-ICB CDO double thaler, Charles VII/city view with eagle
- (1742-45)-B half ducat, Charles VII/city arms
- (1742-45)-B ducat, Charles VII/city view
- (1742) double ducat, Charles VII, struck using ducat dies
- Regensburg (1744-52)-B kreuzer
- (1745-50)-ICB 15 kreuzer (1/8 thaler), Francis I/city view
- (1745-65)-B double thaler, Francis I/city view
- (1745-65)-R 1/10 ducat
- (1745-65)-B klippe 1/8 ducat
- (1745-50)-ILO quarter ducat, Francis I/city view
- (1745-65)-B klippe half ducat
- (1745-65)-RB klippe quarter ducat
- (1745-65) half ducat, Francis I/city view
- (1745-65)-B half ducat, Francis I/city view
- (1745-50)-RB klippe half ducat, eagle/city arms
- (1745-65)-B ducat, Francis I/city view
- (1745-50) ducat
- (1745-50)-B double ducat, for Francis I
- (1745-50) triple ducat
- (1745-50)-ICB 6 ducats, Francis I/city view
- (1745-50)-B 12 ducats, Francis I/city view
- Coins and currency dated 1742
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