Saxe-Weimar 1651 1/2 ducat Fr-3023
This specimen was lot 2127 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,505 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN-WEIMAR, HERZOGTUM, Wilhelm, 1640-1662. 1/2 Dukat 1651, Weimar, auf die Einweihung der neuen Schloßkirche. GOLD. R Fast vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Weimar, William, 1640-62, half ducat of 1651, on the opening of the new palace church. Rare, about extremely fine.)"
When Saxe-Middle-Weimar lapsed in 1640, a new Saxe-Weimar was created which lasted until World War One. When Saxe-Eisenach lapsed in 1741, it was added and the new polity was called Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.75 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 1,74 g.
Catalog reference: KM 13 (listed under Saxe-Neu-Weimar), Fr-3023; Koppe 306.
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- 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.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [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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