Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1672-CBS 2 ducats Fr-3212
This specimen was lot 2141 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$9,046 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHLESIEN, LIEGNITZ-BRIEG, HERZOGTUM, Christian, 1639-1672. 2 Dukaten 1672, CBS, Brieg, auf seinen Tod. Münzmeister und Wardein Christoph Brettschneider. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegter Feldbinde//Gekrönter Adler, den Kopf nach l. gewandt, darunter die Signatur CBS (Christoph Brettschneider, Münzmeister in Brieg 1669-1713). GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Fassungsspuren, Felder geglättet, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg, Christian, 1639-72, double ducat of 1672, Brieg mint, on his death. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: crowned eagle, head turned left, initials below. Extremely rare, mountmark, fields smoothed, very fine.)"
Silesia is considered a German State even tho the province was then under Austrian rule and is now in Poland. The coinage ceased when the last of the local dukes died in 1675. This scarce type was struck 1666, 1670 and 1672, which is odd for a death commemorative.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6,85 g.
Catalog reference: KM 494, Fr-3212; F. u. S. 1944; Kopicki 5478 (R6).
- 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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