Saxony 1697-EPH ducat Fr-2799
This specimen was lot 2105 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €28,000 (about US$38,968 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich August I. 1694-1733 (August der Starke). Dukat 1697, Leipzig. GOLD. RR Kl. Kratzer, vorzüglich. Erworben 1953 bei der Firma Helbing, München. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I (Augustus the Strong), 1694-1733, ducat of 1697, Leipzig mint. Very rare, minor scratches, extremely fine. Bought from Helbing.)"
This type was struck in Leipzig in 1697 along with a 1½ ducat, half ducat and quarter ducat.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 693, Fr-2799; Kahnt 58.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1694-IK ducat
- 1695-IK double ducat
- 1696-IK thaler, birth of the new prince
- 1696 double ducat, on the elector's departure for the campaign against the Turks in Hungary
- 1696 double ducat, on the elector's departure for the campaign against the Turks in Hungary
- 1697-IK quarter thaler, on his coronation as king of Poland
- 1697-EPH ⅓ thaler
- 1697-IK ⅔ thaler
- 1697-IK thaler, round format
- 1697 klippe thaler
- 1697-IK ducat, Dresden mint
- 1697 ducat, on his election as king of Poland
- 1697-IK ducat, on his coronation as king of Poland
- 1697 double ducat, bust obverse, on his coronation as king of Poland
- 1697 double ducat, elector on horseback
- Coins and currency dated 1697