Saxony 1743-FWoF 1/4 ducat Fr-2852

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Künker sale 336, lot 6609

This specimen was lot 6609 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,309 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich August II. 1733-1763. 1/4 Dukat 1743, Dresden. GOLD. R Vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II, 1733-63, quarter ducat of 1743, Dresden mint. Scarce, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1735-40 and 1743 and is rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.88 g.

Catalog reference: KM 885, Fr-2852; Kahnt 521.

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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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