Saxony 1806-SGH ducat Fr-2873
This specimen was lot 228 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$7,784 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich August III. (I.), 1763-1806-1827. Dukat 1806, SGH. GOLD. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III, ducat of 1806. Choice example, about uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1804-06 and is the last ducat of the electorate of Saxony. In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire was abolished and Frederick Augustus was promoted to king by Napoleon, prompting all the coinage to be redesigned. After Waterloo, the king was stripped of half his lands at the Congress of Vienna but was permitted to keep his title.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1046, Divo/S. 179; Fr-2873; Schl. 746.
- 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [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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