Rostock 1636 ducat Fr-2589
This specimen was lot 2082 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,897 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ROSTOCK, STADT, Dukat 1636, mit Titel Ferdinands III. GOLD. Sehr schön. (Germany, city of Rostock, ducat of 1636, struck in the name of Ferdinand III. Very fine.)"
The city of Rostock was under the sovereignty of the dukes of Mecklenburg but claimed the mint right as a member of the Hanseatic League. Her issues in the seventeenth century are sparse and expensive. This type was struck 1636, 1639, 1646 and 1655.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 73, Fr-2589; Kunzel 45 A/d.
- 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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