View source for Montfort 1730 1/4 ducat Fr-554

[[Image:K386-06100.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 386, lot 6100]]
[[Image:Montfort 1810.JPG|500px|thumb|county of Montfort in 1810, on its absorption into Wurttemberg]]

This specimen was lot 6100 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,877 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''MONTFORT, GRAFSCHAFT, Anton der Jüngere, 1693-1733. 1/4 Dukat 1730, Langenargen. Variante mit größerem Brustbild. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung AU 58 (5909726-006). GOLD. RR Vorzüglich.'' (county of Montfort, Anthony the Younger, 1693-1733, quarter ducat of 1730, Langenargen mint, variety with large bust. Very rare, extremely fine, graded NGC AU-58.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1722, 1728, 1730. it is expensive in all grades. Montfort is an extremely obscure locality on the shore of Lake Constance in Wurttemberg. We have filed it under [[Austria]] as the counts sold out to the Austrian emperor in 1780. 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 122, Ebner 247; Rutishauser 301; Fr-554 (listed under [[Austria]]). 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* 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. 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023. 

''Link to:''
* [[Montfort 1695 thaler Dav-7087|1695 thaler]]
* [[Montfort 1730 1/2 thaler KM-141|1730 half thaler, Maximilian Josef Ernst]]
* [[Montfort 1735 1/2 carolin Fr-557|1735 half carolin]]
* [[Montfort 1735 carolin Fr-556]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1730]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 384, 385, 386]][[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]]