Saxony 1750-FWoF ducat Fr-2845
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This specimen was lot 224 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €4,800 (about US$6,227 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich August II. 1733-1763. Dukat 1750, Dresden. GOLD. RR Leicht gewellt, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II, 1733-63, ducat of 1750, Dresden mint. Very rare, slightly wavy, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck annually 1735-45, 1748-63 yet is rare, like most Saxon gold issues of the eighteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 887, Fr-2845; Kahnt 508.
- 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, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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