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." 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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