Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1664 ducat Fr-3208

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Künker sale 400, lot 263
Liegnitz and Brieg in 1648, with Breslau in between

This specimen was lot 263 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €18,000 (about US$23,352 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHLESIEN, LIEGNITZ-BRIEG, HERZOGTUM, Christian, 1639-1672. Dukat 1664, Reichenstein. Ausbringen der Reichensteiner Gruben. Münzmeister vermutlich Christian Pfahler. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegter Feldbinde, oben Fürstenhut//Dreifach behelmtes, vierfeldiges Wappen. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Preussag Collection, Part I, Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1, London 2015, Nr. 421, zuvor erworben bei der Münzenhandlung Dr. Busso Peus, Frankfurt/Main, 14.11.1990. (Germany, Silesia, duchy of Liegnitz-Brieg, Christian, 1639-72, ducat of 1664, Reichensten mint, for the Reichenstein mines. Obverse: armored bust right with sash, prince's cap above; reverse: triple helmeted and quartered arms. Extremely rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Silesia is considered a German State even tho the province was then under Austrian rule and is now in Poland. The three brothers, Ludwig, Georg and Christian, issued a series of gold coins 1651-62 but thereafter each brother issued his own. Georg III issued a ducat in 1664 (KM 477/Fr-3203) and Christian issued the one shown here. It is similar to one struck in 1661 but has a different legend on the reverse. The line lapsed in 1675.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,44 g.

Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Fr-3208; F. u. S. - (see 1902/1895).

Source:

  • 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]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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