View source for Bamberg 1750-CGL ducat Fr-170

[[Image:K406-3931.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 406, lot 3931]]

This specimen was lot 3931 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,724 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BAMBERG, BISTUM, Johann Philipp Anton von Frankenstein, 1746-1753. Dukat 1750, Nürnberg. GOLD. RR Min. gewellt, fast vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Bamberg|bishopric of Bamberg]], John Philip Anthony of Frankenstein, 1746-53, ducat of 1750, Nuremberg mint. Very rare, slightly wavy, about extremely fine.)"</blockquote> All of the gold of this ecclesiastical state is rare. Many of the bishops were pluralists (i.e., also bishops of Würzburg) but not Johann Philipp Anton.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 117, Fr-170; Krug 406. 

''[[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. 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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. 

''Link to:''
* [[Bamberg 1746 ducat Fr-169|1746 ducat]]
* [[Bamberg 1750-CGL thaler Dav-1937|1750-CGL thaler]]
* [[Bamberg 1753 ducat Fr-171|1753 ducat]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1750]]

[[Category: Selections from Kunker sale 403, 404, 405, 406]][[Category: Gold ducats of Europe]]