Regensburg 1652 ducat Fr-2466
This specimen was lot 6599 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,973 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REGENSBURG, STADT, Dukat 1652, mit Titel Ferdinands III. GOLD. Seltener Jahrgang. Attraktives Exemplar, kl. Randfehler, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Regensburg, ducat of 1652, in the name of Ferdinand III. Rare date, attractive example, edge faults, about extremely fine.)"
This type is listed for 1638-52, 1656-57 yet despite the fourteen known dates (including 1643), it is rare. The south German free cities were ruined and depopulated by the Thirty Years War.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 91, Beckenbauer 419; Fr-2466; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) -.
- 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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