Wurzburg 1632 ducat Fr-3747
This specimen was lot 4081 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,115 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRZBURG, BISTUM, Unter schwedischer Besatzung. Gustav II. Adolf von Schweden, 1631-1632. Dukat 1632, Würzburg. Variante mit GOT : VA : REX . am Ende der Vorderseitenumschrift und mit normalem G im Wahlspruch der Rückseite. GOLD. Fast sehr schön. (bishopric of Würzburg, Swedish occupation, Gustavus Adolphus, 1631-32, ducat of 1632, Würzburg mint, variety with "GOT : VA : REX" in the obverse legend. About very fine.)"
This expensive type was accompanied by a double thaler and a single thaler. The Swedish king was killed in battle in 1632 and we don't know if this example was struck before or after that event. The type was struck 1631-32.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 94, Ahlström 5; Fr-3747; Helmschrott 237.
- Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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, 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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