Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1611 4 ducat Fr-3160
This specimen was lot 2423 in Sincona sale 33 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 12,000 CHF (about US$14,245 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Schlesien-Liegnitz-Brieg, Herzogtum. Johann Christian und Georg Rudolf, 1602-1621 4 Dukaten 1611. Reichenstein. Selten. Gutes sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg, John Christian and George Rudolph, 1602-21, four ducats of 1611, Reichenstein mint. Rare, Good very fine.)"
This type is noted as struck using half thaler dies. Silesia is considered a German State even tho the province was then under Austrian rule and is now in Poland.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 14 g, .986 gold, .443 troy oz AGW, this specimen 13.86 g.
Catalog reference: Friedensburg/Seger 1466. Fr-3160, KM 136.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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
- [1]Jürg Richter, Numismatic Coins & Medals, Auction 33, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.
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