Wurttemberg (1633-74) 1/2 ducat Fr-3571
This specimen was lot 6625 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,188 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, Eberhard III. 1633-1674. 1/2 Dukat o. J. Stuttgart. GOLD. RR Winz. Kratzer, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, undated half ducat, Stuttgart mint. Rare, scratches, about extremely fine.)"
This undated and undenominated issue strongly resembles the two kreuzer struck about the same time (KM 195). It may have been struck using reworked dies. The SCWC attributes this rare coin to 1658.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.75 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 1.72 g.
Catalog reference: KM 220, Fr-3571; Klein/Raff 552.
- 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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