Saxony 1710 1/4 ducat Fr-2797

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Ponterio sale 168, lot 40133
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40133 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $2,232. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 1/4 Ducat, 1710. Dresden Mint. NGC AU Details--Rim Filing. Friedrich August I (1694-1733)." These tiny coins are popular and expensive. This type is known for 1710 only while KM 725 is recorded for 1710-33. The denomination was abandoned after 1743.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: .875 g, 0.986 fine gold, .027 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-2797; KM-793.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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