Wurttemberg 1737 ducat Fr-3595
This specimen was lot 4076 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$8,529 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. Dukat 1737, Stuttgart. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Elefantenorden//Vierfeldiges Wappen mit württembergischem Mittelschild auf verzierter Kartusche, darüber Fürstenhut, unten Elefantenorden, zu den Seiten 17 - 37. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Min. gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 321, Osnabrück 2019, Nr. 6882. (duchy of Württemberg, Charles Rudolf as administrator and regent for Charles Eugene, 1737-38, ducat of 1737, Stuttgart mint. Obverse: armored bust right with Order of the Elephant; reverse: quartered arms with escutcheon of Württemberg, elector's cap above, Order of the Elephant below and the date. Extremely rare, slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"
A rare one year type.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.45 g.
Catalog reference: KM 352, Klein/Raff 226; Fr-3595.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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