Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp 1708-BH 1/4 ducat Fr-3094
This specimen was lot 2144 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €700 (about US$974 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP, HERZOGTUM, Karl Friedrich, 1702-1739. 1/4 Dukat 1708, Tönning. GOLD. Winz. Randfehler, etwas berieben, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, quarter ducat of 1708, Tönning mint. Minor edge nicks, polished, very fine.)"
This duchy was set up in 1533 for a cadet branch of the Danish royal family. The line fell extinct in 1773 and the duchy was claimed by Oldenburg and Denmark.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.84 g.
Catalog reference: KM 200, Fr-3094; Lange 449.
- 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.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [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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