Zurich 1654 1/4 ducat Fr-475
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This specimen was lot 3647 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €600 (about US$787 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ, ZÜRICH, Stadt. 1/4 Dukat 1654. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 62 (3067217-005). GOLD. Prachtexemplar mit feiner Goldtönung. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Switzerland, canton of Zurich, quarter ducat of 1654. Graded NGC MS-62, cabinet example with fine gold toning, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was issued 1654 and 1662 only and is somewhat scarcer than the later Fr-468.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 83, D./T. 1059 c; Fr-475.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Richter, Jürg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
- [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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