Sweden 1728 ducat Fr-59
This specimen was lot 1263 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €26,400 (about US$29,257 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Alluring Gem Mint State Ducat of Fredrik the First, SWEDEN. Ducat, 1728. Stockholm Mint. Fredrik I. NGC MS-65. Mintmaster: Esaias Zwdritz; engraver: Johann Carl Hedlinger. A stunningly lustrous Gem, this Ducat glows with a shining appeal, with soft brilliance emanating from the flan and a generally sunny color. The details are alluring, with good strike quality on a flan that still shows many original die striations, some of the only notable features on surfaces that pleasingly free of marks. A Ducat that looks essentially as nice as it did the day it was struck. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922)."
This rare type was issued again in 1729.
Recorded mintage: 2,874.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.976 fine gold, 21.8 mm diameter, reeded edge, this specimen 3.46 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-59; KM-A401; SM-13(13); SG-21; Hagander-353; Bruun auction-1829; Bruun-12780.
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- 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.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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