Saxony 1622 ducat Fr-2677

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from Künker sale 352, lot 2093

This specimen was lot 2093 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$5,289 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. Dukat 1622, Dresden, auf die Taufe des siebten kurfürstlichen Prinzen Heinrich. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Kl. Henkelspur, sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George I, 1615-56, ducat of 1622, on the baptism of the seventh electoral Prince Heinrich, Dresden mint. Extremely rare, small mount mark, very fine.)"

This baptismal ducat was accompanied by Fr-2676 (double ducat).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,35 g.

Catalog reference: KM 382, Fr-2677; Clauß/Kahnt 301.

Source:

  • 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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