Saxe-Weimar 1652 1/2 ducat Fr-3018
This specimen was lot 7066 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-Neu-Weimar. 1/2 Ducat, 1652. PCGS Genuine--Mount Removed, AU Details. Struck to commemorate the building of a new castle. Silky satin like luster throughout with only minimal handling being displayed. Overall a charming piece that will find a good place in the next collection it enters." The duchy of Saxe-Weimar, first erected around 1565 with the breakup of Ernestine Saxony, went thru several extinctions and creations, "Old", "Middle" and "New". It became Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach when the duke added Eisenach to his domain and the state survived until the end of World War One. This commemorative was struck 1651-52.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.75 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 12, Fr-3018.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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