View source for Hildesheim 1694-HS ducat Fr-1322

[[Image:Hildesheim 1694 ducat obv H3029-30075.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3029, lot 30075]]
[[Image:Hildesheim 1694 ducat rev H3029-30075.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 30075 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $23,500. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Possibly the Finest Known Hildesheim. Jost Edmund von Brabeck gold Ducat 1694-HS, MS62 NGC. Obv. Bust left with cap and long wig. Rev. Triple-crowned coat of arms divides the mintmaster's initials (H-S) and the date 16-94). An exceptional example of this great rarity from the Hildesheim diocese. The fully lustrous surfaces are free of notable flaws and the fields bright and reflective. The only example of this type that we can reference in the last 20 years is a flawed VF sold at auction by Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft (Auction 57, 12 September 2011, lot 449). That example was estimated at 1500 Euros and hammered at 5,750 Euros. This was approximately $7,900 for a rather pedestrian example. We doubt that a finer example exists than this truly amazing piece. Ex: "Colonel" E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." The city and bishop of Hildesheim (both Protestant) both issued gold in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; the resulting types range from rare to very rare. This type is also noted for 1690.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold. 

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-1322, Flour-635.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* 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>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. 

''Link to:''
* [[Hildesheim 1528 5 goldgulden Fr-1310]]
* [[Hildesheim 1688-HB thaler Dav-5407|1688 thaler]]
* [[Hildesheim 1698-HIS thaler Dav-5412|1698 thaler]]
* [[Hildesheim 1736-UA W thaler Dav-2347|1736 thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1694]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Hildesheim]]

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