Saxony 1696 2 ducats Fr-2775

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from Künker sale 352, lot 2103

This specimen was lot 2103 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, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich August I. 1694-1733 (August der Starke). 2 Dukaten 1696, Dresden, auf seine erneute Abreise zum Feldzug gegen die Türken in Ungarn. F · A · D · G · - EL · S · Kurfürst mit Schwert und Kommandostab in der Rechten steht nach l. den Kopf zurückgewandt, die Linke auf einem neben ihm stehenden Tisch gestützt, darauf Kurhut und Schwert//œ VOT : PUBL : SUSCEPTA · PRO · SAL : & · RED : DEO . O : M : SACR : Brennender Altar, zu den Seiten die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 -96. GOLD. R Fassungspuren, bearbeitet, sonst sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I (Augustus the Strong), double ducat of 1696, Dresden mint, on his departure for the campaign against the Turks in Hungary. Obverse: Elector with sword and baton in his right hand stands to left, turning his head back, his left hand resting on a table standing next to him, with an electoral hat and sword on it; reverse: a burning altar divides the date. Rare, traces of mounting, tooled, otherwise very fine.)"

This specimen seems a little light to be a double ducat, which is how it is catalogued. It may actually be a double goldgulden. Another double ducat was struck in 1696 (Fr-2774) with a different design.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6,38 g.

Catalog reference: KM 681, Fr-2775; Kahnt 237; Grund O 1696/02.

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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