Regensburg 1627 ducat Fr-2459
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This specimen was lot 2073 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,113 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REGENSBURG, STADT, Dukat 1627, auf die Grundsteinlegung der Dreieinigkeitskirche am 4. Juli. GOLD. RR Henkelspur, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Regensburg, ducat of 1627, on the laying of the foundation stone of the Trinity Church on July 4th. Rare, mounted, very fine.)"
This is a one year type along with 5 ducats, 3 ducats, and two ducats (Fr-2458).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,30 g.
Catalog reference: KM 56, Fr-2459; Plato 30; Slg. Opitz 2051.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]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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