Speyer 1745 ducat Fr-3309
This specimen was lot 20661 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Speyer. Ducat, 1745. Franz Christoph von Hutten zu Stolzenberg. NGC MS-62★. Commemorating the homage paid to the city of Bruchsal. Exceedingly lustrous and prooflike, with razor sharp detail and only lightly scattered marks. The star designation for exceptional eye appeal is clearly well deserved on this alluring specimen." This appears to be the only gold coin issued by this particular bishop. The next ducat would appear in 1770 (Fr-3310). The bishopric of Speyer was an enclave in the Palatinate and was annexed by Napoleon in 1801. After his fall, the town passed to Bavaria.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-3309; KM-60.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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