View source for Lubeck 1690 1/2 ducat Fr-1486a

[[Image:K425-1534.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker Auction 425, lot 1534]]

This specimen was lot 1534 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,115 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · LÜBECK, STADT 1/2 Dukat 1690, mit dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Johann Ritter. Münzmeister Hans Ridder. GOLD. Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung eines deutschen Fabrikanten und Geschichtsfreundes.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Lubeck|city of Lubeck]], half ducat of 1690. Very scarce in this quality, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> The SCWC lists this for 1679, 1682-83, 1688-98, 1703, 1706, 1710-11, 1714-16 while Friedberg mentions only 1690. Friedberg also notes a quarter ([[Lubeck 1692 1/4 ducat Fr-1487|Fr-1487]]), single ([[Lubeck 1656 ducat Fr-1486|Fr-1486]]), double ([[Lubeck 1675 2 ducats Fr-1485|Fr-1485]]) and quadruple ducat, all rare.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specifications'': 1.75 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 1,70 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 111, Behrens 589; Fr-1486a. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' 
* 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>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

''Links:''
* [[Lubeck 1656 ducat Fr-1486|1656 ducat]]
* [[Lubeck 1675 2 ducats Fr-1485|1675 double ducat]]
* [[Lubeck 1692 1/4 ducat Fr-1487|1692 quarter ducat]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1690]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 423, 424, 425, 426]][[Category: Gold ducats of Europe]]