Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1842 ducat Fr-2915
This specimen was lot 30093 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $5,287.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Very Low Mintage Issue Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Ernst I gold Ducat 1842, MS61 NGC. Struck in Dresden, this coin shows knife-like detail within in the central design and retained prooflike splendor among the protected areas. Light, well-blended handling in the open fields accounts for the grade, but the eye-appeal remains quite pleasing. Seldom offered and in constant collector demand. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman / B.G. Johnson." After the extinction of the Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg line in 1825, noisy disputes arose over who of the Saxon dukes should obtain the property. Finally, the king of Saxony produced the treaty of Hildburghausen in 1826. Ernest III, erstwhile duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, received Gotha in exchange for Saalfeld and became Ernest I, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The state survived until 1918, when all the monarchies were liquidated following the collapse of the Empire. Gotha became part of Thuringia and Coburg went to Bavaria. This type is also listed for 1836.
Recorded mintage: 508.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 72, Fr-2915.
- 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.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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