Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1745) 2 ducats Fr-3009
This specimen was lot 3818 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,359 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN-SAALFELD, HERZOGTUM, AB 1735 SACHSEN-COBURG-SAALFELD Christian Ernst allein, 1729-1745. 2 Dukaten o. J. (1745), Saalfeld, auf seinen Tod. GOLD. RR Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Christian Ernest (alone), 1729-45, undated double ducat, on his death. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This rare double ducat was issued on the occasion of the duke's death and is accompanied by a single ducat (Fr-3010). Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was created in 1735 when the duke of Saxe-Saalfeld received Coburg and ended in 1826 when Coburg was traded to Saxe-Gotha.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, this specimen 7,00 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-3009; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 803.3, KM 31.
- 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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