Saxe-Altenburg 1640 ducat Fr-2908
This specimen was lot 4059 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,575 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN-ALTENBURG, HERZOGTUM, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1639-1669. Dukat 1640, Coburg. GOLD. RR Min. gewellt, winz. Probierspur am Rand, sehr schön. (duchy of Saxe-Altenburg, Frederick William II, 1639-69, ducat of 1640, Coburg mint. Very rare, slightly wavy, small tool mark on the edge, very fine.)"
Saxe-Altenburg, one of the many splinters of ducal Saxony, was formed in 1573 and lapsed several times before its final extinction after World War One. The output of thalers was substantial but gold issues are few.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.42 g.
Catalog reference: KM 380, Fr-2908; Kernbach G 3.2; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 370.3.
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- 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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