Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1741) ducat Fr-3033
This specimen was lot 2128 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €5,500 (about US$7,654 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN-WEIMAR, HERZOGTUM, AB 1741 SACH, Ernst August Constantin, 1748-1758, bis 1756 unter Vormundschaft Friedrichs III. von Gotha. Dukat o. J. Eisenach. GOLD. RR Etwas unregelmäßiger Schrötling, vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Ernest August Constantine, 1748-58, until 1756 under the regency of Frederick III of Gotha, undated ducat, Eisenach mint. Very rare, rather irregular flan, extremely fine.)"
Friedberg attributes this rare undated and unsigned issue to Ernst August I (1741-48). We have joined the SCWC in filing this rare type under Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the result of the merger between Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Weimar. The new state survived until World War One.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.45 g.
Catalog reference: KM 43, Fr-3033; Koppe 490.
- 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, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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