View source for Hamburg 1790 ducat Fr-1129

[[Image:Hamburg K294-3650.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 294, lot 3650]]

This specimen was lot 3650 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,157 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''HAMBURG, STADT, Dukat 1790, mit Titel Josefs II. GOLD. Sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], city of Hamburg, ducat of 1790, struck in the name of Joseph II. Very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1790-92 in small numbers. Hamburg did not give up minting ducats until 1872, amid the coinage reform resulting from unification.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.49 g, .979 fine gold, .109 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3,46 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 469 (unlisted date), Gaed. 190; Fr-1129.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* 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
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, ''Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017. 

''Link to:''
* [[Hamburg 1783 ducat Fr-1129|1783 ducat]]
* [[Hamburg 1787 2 ducats Fr-1128|1787 double ducat]]
* [[Hamburg 1789-OHK 16 schilling|1789-OHK 16 schilling]]
* [[Hamburg 1797 4 ducats Fr-1133|1797 4 ducats]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1790]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Hamburg]]

[[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 293, 294]]