Regensburg (1745-50)-B 2 ducats Fr-2535a
This specimen was lot 195 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €9,250 (about US$12,000 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REGENSBURG, STADT, 2 Dukaten o. J. (1745-1765), mit Titel von Franz I. Münzmeister Johann Christoph Busch. Stempelschneider Johann Leonhard Oexlein. GOLD. RR Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Heidelberger Münzhandlung, Herbert Grün 75, Heidelberg 2018, Nr. 2124. (Germany, city of Regensburg, undated double ducat, circa 1745-65, struck in the name of Francis I. Very rare, extremely fine.)"
On the occasion of the coronation of Francis I as emperor, Regensburg, which had supported his rival Charles VII, struck a long series of gold coins, from ten ducats down to 1/32 ducat (Fr-2520 to -2547). To the confusion of collectors since, none are dated; some were likely struck years later. Another double ducat exists from this period struck from single ducat dies (KM 330/Fr-2537).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6,96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 329, Beckenbauer 318 II; Fr-2535a (incorrectly described therein); Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4798.
- 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, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
Link to:
- (1742-45)-B ducat, Charles VII/city view
- (1742) double ducat, Charles VII, struck using ducat dies
- (1742)-ICB 10 ducats, Charles VII/city view
- 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)-ICB ducat, Francis I/city view
- (1745-65)-B ducat, Francis I/city view
- (1745-50)-ICB ducat
- (1745-50)-B triple ducat, Francis I
- (1745-50)-ICB 6 ducats, Francis I/city view
- (1745-50)-B 12 ducats, Francis I/city view
- 1747 pfenning
- 1750 pfenning
- (1750)-B 1/32 ducat
- (1750)-B 1/16 ducat
- Coins and currency dated 1745