View source for Nurnberg 1698-GFN 6 ducats Fr-1872

[[Image:SB121-20214o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 20214]]
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This specimen was lot 20214 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $24,000. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"[[Germany|GERMANY]]. [[German States, Nurnberg|Nurnberg]]. Peace of Rijswijk Gold Medallic 6 Ducats, 1698. PCGS Genuine--Filed Rims, Unc Details Gold Shield. By G. F. Nurnberger. Obverse: EXPONATA DIV PAX COE LI EX MVNERE VENIT (with date in chronogram), Peace, holding olive branch and caduceus, standing facing on base; Genius to left and right, holding palm frond and resting elbow upon shield; Reverse: City view of Nuremberg, with radiant tetragrammaton above; in three lines in exergue, MONETA REIPUB / NORIMBERGEN / SIS 1698. Likely serving as a jewelry piece, this example presents great eye appeal with golden-orange toning and excellent detail. A difficult type to encounter and always popular when it is."</blockquote> These dies were also used to strike KM 235 (6 ducat klippe), KM 232 (5 ducat), KM 231 ([[Nurnberg 1698-GFN 4 ducat Fr-1874|4 ducat]]) and KM 230 ([[Nurnberg 1698-GFN thaler Dav-5669|thaler]]).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' 21 g, 0.986 fine gold; this specimen 17.25 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-1872; KM-234; Erlanger-575. 

''[[Bibliography|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. 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections'', Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

''Link to:''
* [[Nurnberg 1698-GFN thaler Dav-5669|1698 thaler, peace of Ryswick]]
* [[Nurnberg 1698-GFN 4 ducat Fr-1874|1698 4 ducats, peace of Ryswick]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1698]]

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