Saxony 1711 ducat Fr-2823
This specimen was lot 2108 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €5,500 (about US$3,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich August I. 1694-1733 (August der Starke). Dukat 1711, Dresden, auf das Vikariat. GOLD. Min. gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I (Augustus the Strong), ducat of 1711, Dresden mint, on his vicariat. Slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The occasion also caused the issue of a quarter thaler, half thaler, single thaler (Dav-2655) and numerous larger issues.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,37 g.
Catalog reference: KM 806.1 (date curved), Fr-2823; Kahnt 293 b.
- 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]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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