Regensburg 1672-HF ducat Fr-2483
This specimen was lot 3149 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,511 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS LEOPOLDS I. Dukat 1672 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1668 geändert), mit Titel Leopolds I. Münzmeister Hieronymus Federer. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Sehr schön +. (city of Regensburg, ducat of 1672, 1672/68 overdate, in the name of Leopold I. Extremely rare, choice very fine.)"
The production of gold in Regensburg was very scanty in the seventeenth century. This type was struck 1659-68, 1672 and 1680 and all dates are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,38 g.
Catalog reference: KM 160, Beckenbauer 435; Fr-2483; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) -.
- 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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