Regensburg (1750)-B 1/16 ducat Fr-2546a

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Künker sale 405, lot 3244

This specimen was lot 3244 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,837 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS FRANZ I., 1745-1765. Goldmünzen aus der Zeit des Kaisers Franz I. 1/16 Dukatenklippe o. J. (1750). Münzmeister vermutlich Johann Christoph Busch. GOLD. RR Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (city of Regensburg, undated one sixteenth ducat, circa 1750, struck in the name of Francis I. Cabinet example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

The SCWC lists three types for this denomination: KM 358 (eagle/keys), KM 359 (klippe format, shown here) and KM 360 (crossed keys/crowned "R").

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.22 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0,22 g.

Catalog reference: KM 359, Beckenbauer 524; Fr-2546a; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4812.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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 405: Coins of the Bishopric and City of Regensburg - A significant special collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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