Schaumburg-Lippe 1777-WD ducat Fr-3071
This specimen was lot 253 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$8,433 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE, GRAFSCHAFT, Philipp Ernst, 1777-1787. Dukat 1777. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Kl. Randfehler, vorzüglich. (Germany, county of Schaumburg-Lippe, Philip Ernest, 1777-87. Extremely rare, minor edge flaws, extremely fine.)"
The tiny county of Schaumburg-Lippe produced few coins in the eighteenth century but managed to issue one-third thalers, two-thirds thalers, thalers and ten thalers (gold) in the 1760's.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 24 (formerly KM C25), Weinm. 59; Fr-3071.
- 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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