Wurttemberg 1623 2 ducat Fr-3564

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Künker sale 336, lot 6624

This specimen was lot 6624 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €29,000 (about US$37,950 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, Johann Friedrich, 1608-1628. 2 Dukaten 1623, Stuttgart, auf seine Ernennung zum Obristen des Schwäbischen Kreises. + IOHAN : FRID : D : - G : DVX · WIRTE : & C Der geharnischte Herzog reitet l. mit Marschallstab, Feldherrnbinde und Federhut, im Abschnitt: + 1623 +//* HIS ORNARI AVT MORI Drei ineinander verschlungene Kränze. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Min. gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, double ducat of 1623, Stuttgart mint, on becoming governor of the Swabian Circle. Obverse: armored and mounted duke rides left with marshal's baton. Extremely rare, slightly bent, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This very rare type is listed for 1623-24.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6,93 g.

Catalog reference: KM 154, Klein/Raff 267; Fr-3564.

Source:

  • 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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