Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1752-GHE 1/4 ducat Fr-3012
This specimen was lot 30576 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Franz Josias gold 1/4 Ducat 1752, MS61 NGC. A lovely little piece, with very good eye appeal and only a few minor deposits on the reverse. This is a very rare coin, and far superior to the only other example sold in the last decade (Kunker 160, lot 4971, hammer at 900 euros). Ex: "Colonel" E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman / B.G. Johnson." Quarter ducats are mentioned from this locality for 1738, 1743 and 1752. The duchy of Saxe-Saalfeld, erected in 1680 for Johann Ernest, was renamed the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in 1735 and survived in that form until 1825.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.87 g, 0.986 fine gold, .027 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 51, Fr-3012.
- 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]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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
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- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1745) ducat Fr-3010
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1751-GHE 1/24 thaler
- Brandenburg-Ansbach 1754 2 ducat Fr-354 on the wedding of the duke's daughter to the margrave's son
- Coins and currency dated 1752
- return to coins of German States, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld