Wurttemberg (1737-38) 1/4 ducat Fr-3597

Künker sale 336, lot 6637

This specimen was lot 6637 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$4,449 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, Karl Rudolf von Württemberg-Neuenstadt als Administrator und Vormund von Karl Eugen, 1737-1738. 1/4 Dukat o. J. Stuttgart. GOLD. R Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, Charles Rudolf, regent for Charles Eugene, 1737-38, undated quarter ducat, Stuttgart mint. Scarce, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This undated type is rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.87 g.

Catalog reference: KM 350, Klein/Raff 228; Fr-3597.

Source:

• 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]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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