Strasbourg 1759-JG pistole Fr-241
This specimen was lot 1142 in Sincona sale 76 (Zürich, May 2022), where it sold for 12,500 CHF (about US$15,173 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE | Strassburg/Strasbourg, Bistum (Elsass/Alsace). Ludwig Konstantin von Rohan, 1756-1779. Ecu d'or (Pistole) 1759, Oberkirch. Mit der Signatur JG (Jean Gamot, Münzmeister in Oberkirch). Sehr selten. Fast FDC. NGC MS62. (France, bishopric of Strasbourg, Louis Constantine of Rohan, 1756-79, gold pistole of 1759, Oberkirch mint, with mintmaster's initials "JG". Very rare, About uncirculated.)"
This very rare issue was accompanied by a half pistole (KM 405) and double pistole (KM 411) in gold and twelfth thaler (KM 223), one half thaler (KM 241) and one thaler in silver. The bishop, an overmighty French aristocrat (his successor became embroiled in the "Affair of the Diamond Necklace"), continued to issue coins long after France had annexed the actual town of Strasbourg.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 8.12 g.
Catalog reference: KM 408, Engel/Lehr 298. Fr-241.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 76, The Annemarie and Gerd Köhlmoos Collection, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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