Regensburg 1632 2 ducats Fr-2460

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Künker sale 405, lot 3086

This specimen was lot 3086 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €20,000 (about US$26,242 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS FERDINAND II., 1619-1637. Kurant- und Scheidemünzen aus der Zeit des Kaisers Ferdinand II. Nach Überwindung der Kipperkrise 1623. 2 Dukaten 1632, mit Titel Ferdinands II. Münzmeister Balthasar Ziegler. • EXTREMVM • SVBSIDIVM • RATISPO : * • 16 - 32 Wappen mit den gekreuzten Stadtschlüsseln in Barock­kartusche//• FERDINAND : II : ROM : IMP : SEM : AVGVST : Gekrönter Doppeladler mit Schwert und Zepter in den Fängen, auf der Brust zweifeldiges Wappen (Österreich/Lothringen), zwischen den Köpfen Reichsapfel. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Feine Goldtönung, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (city of Regensburg, local coinage from the time of emperor Ferdinand II, after the kipper crisis of 1623. Double ducat of 1632, in the name of Ferdinand II. Obverse: arms with crossed city keys in a baroque cartouche; reverse: crowned double-headed eagle with a sword and scepter in its claws and impaled arms of Austria and Lorraine, the imperial orb between the eagle's heads. Extremely rare, fine gold patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This example realized double the already substantial catalog value. This was the second issue of this denomination.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6,94 g.

Catalog reference: KM 76, Beckenbauer 301, II (this example); Fr-2460; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) -.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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, 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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