Saxe-Eisenach 1700-CW ducat Fr-2916
This specimen was lot 1568 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €13,000 (about US$18,408 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · SACHSEN-EISENACH, HERZOGTUM Johann Wilhelm, 1698-1729. Dukat 1700, Eisenach. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel//Vier gekrönte, ins Kreuz gestellte Monogramme, in der Mitte Wappen. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Prachtexemplar. Min. gewellt, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Eisenach, John William, 1698-1729, ducat of 1700, Eisenach mint. Obverse: armored and mantled bust right; reverse: four crowned monograms formed in a cross, arms at the center. Extremely rare, cabinet example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This and a ducat of 1716 (Fr-2917) are the only gold issues mentioned in Friedberg for this locale, which later became Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 40, Slg. Merseb. -; Fr-2916.
- 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 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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