Stolberg-Wernigerode 1768-EFR ducat Fr-3360
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This specimen was lot 32225 in Heritage sale 3041 (Chicago, August 2015), where it sold for $3,525. The catalog description[1] noted, "Stolberg-Wernigerode. Christian Ernst I gold Ducat 1768-EFR AU58 NGC, An attractive piece, and the first example of this type that we have ever offered. Always popular, and with an artistic depiction of a stag on the reverse. Some light scattered hairlines that just prevent this coin from reaching the Mint State level." Tho scarce, the other issues from this locale are even rarer.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 85, Fr-3360.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World & Ancient Coins Auction 3041, featuring the Eric Beckman Collection of Canadian Coins, the Kaiser Collection of German Gold Coins and the Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins, Part I, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
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