Regensburg 1809 ducat Fr-2576

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Künker sale 405, lot 3320

This specimen was lot 3320 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €30,000 (about US$39,363 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. EINE GOLDMARK AUS DER ZEIT DER WEIMARER REPUBLIK. Carl Theodor von Dalberg, 1804-1810. Dukat 1809. Münzmeister Georg Christoph Busch. * CAROL • PR • PRIMAS CONFOED • RHEN • Brustbild r.//DUCATUS RATISBON . Mainzer Wappen auf gekröntem Wappenmantel, dahinter Schwert und Krummstab, unten die Jahreszahl 1809. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr attraktives Exemplar, vorzüglich. (city of Regensburg, Charles Theodore of Dalberg, 1804-10, ducat of 1809. Obverse: bust right; reverse: crowned and mantled arms of Mainz over a sword and crozier, date below. Extremely rare, very attractive example, extremely fine.)"

This may be the very last issue from this locale, which was annexed to Bavaria in 1810 as part of Napoleon's reorganization of Germany.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 480, Divo/S. 176; Fr-2576; Schl. 655; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) -.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [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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