View source for Bohemia 1615 ducat Fr-15a

[[Image:K406-3819.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 406, lot 3819]]

This specimen was lot 3819 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €9,000 (about US$11,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Matthias, 1608-1612-1619. Dukat 1615, Prag. Münzmeister Benedikt Huebmer. GOLD. RR Rand und Felder leicht überarbeitet, sehr schön.'' ([[Austria|Holy Roman Empire]], Matthias, 1612-19, ducat of 1615, Prague mint. Very rare, edge and fields tooled, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1613-19 and is normally encountered in worn condition.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.53 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 168, Dietiker 546 (image reverse); Fr-15a (listed under Bohemia); Halacka 488. 

''[[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>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:''
* [[Bohemia 1593 ducat Fr-85|1593 ducat, Prague mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1611 ducat Fr-19|1611 ducat, Prague mint, St. Wenceslas reverse]]
* [[Bohemia 1614 thaler Dav-3061|1614 thaler, Prague mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1614 ducat Fr-15a|1614 ducat, Prague mint]]
* [[Austria 1615 thaler Dav-3044|1615 thaler, Vienna mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1616 2-1/2 thaler|1616 klippe 2½ thaler, Prague mint, Matthias]]
* [[Bohemia 1617 ducat Fr-15a|1617 ducat, Prague mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1615]]
* return to coins of [[Bohemia]]

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