View source for Breslau 1531 ducat Fr-445

[[Image:Breslau 1531 ducat obv H3029-30059.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3029, lot 30059]]
[[Image:Breslau 1531 ducat rev H3029-30059.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 30059 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $3,965.63. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Breslau. City gold Ducat 1531, AU53 NGC. A very rare year of this type. Well-struck, with no significant flaws. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." This type is listed in Friedberg for 1531-60. [[German States, Silesia|Silesia]] fell under [[Austria]]n domination on the extinction of the Hungarian monarchy at the hands of the Ottomans in 1526.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.48 grams, 0.986 fine gold.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-445, F&S 3396.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, ''Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013. 
* 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.
* Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.

''Link to:''
* [[Breslau 1528 ducat Fr-442]]
* city of [[Breslau 1540 ducat Fr-445]]
* city of [[Breslau 1544 thaler Dav-8993]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1531]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Breslau]]

[[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]][[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3029]]