Regensburg 1641 ducat Fr-2466
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This specimen was lot 3105 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,986 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS FERDINAND III. Dukat 1641, mit Titel Ferdinands III. Münzmeister Hans Siegmund Federer. GOLD. RR Fast vorzüglich. (city of Regensburg, ducat of 1641, struck in the name of Ferdinand III. Very rare, about extremely fine.)"
This type is listed for 1638-57 yet despite the fourteen known dates, it is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,39 g.
Catalog reference: KM 91, Beckenbauer 409; Fr-2466; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4604.
- 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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