Regensburg (1750)-B 1/16 ducat Fr-2546
This specimen was lot 2075 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €550 (about US$766 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REGENSBURG, STADT, 1/16 Dukat o. J. (1750). GOLD. Stempelglanz. (Germany, city of Regensburg, undated 1/16 ducat. Uncirculated.)"
The 1/32 ducat of Regensburg may be the smallest gold coin ever minted in Europe. It accompanied a 1/16 ducat (shown here), 1/10 ducat, 1/8 ducat, 1/6 ducat, 1/4 ducat, half ducat, single ducat and various multiple ducats. This tiny coin, while not common, is affordable.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.22 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.20 g.
Catalog reference: KM 359, Beckenbauer 523; Fr-2546; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4811.
- 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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