View source for Saxony 1824-IGS ducat Fr-2891

[[Image:Saxony H3035-30701o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3035, lot 30701]]
[[Image:Saxony H3035-30701r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy of Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 30701 in Heritage sale 3035 (Long Beach, September 2014), where it sold for $4,993.75. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Saxony. Friedrich August I gold Proof Ducat 1824-IGS PR64 Ultra Cameo NGC, Dresden mint. A very rare and attractive ultra cameo example with glossy and reflective fields. Unbeatable eye-appeal on this very unique issue currently listed as the only certified example of this date." This was issued 1824 only and, like all Saxon ducats of the nineteenth century, is rare.

''Recorded mintage:'' 2,847.

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

''Catalog reference:'' KM 1099, Fr-2891.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, and Warren Tucker, ''Heritage Signature Auction 3035, World and Ancient Coins, featuring the FoxLair Collection and the Law Collection,'' Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014. 

''Link to:''
* [[Saxony 1809 ducat Fr-1440|MDCCLLVIIII ducat, on the 400th anniversary of the university of Leipzig]]
* [[Saxony 1822-IGS thaler Dav-859|1822 thaler]]
* [[Saxony 1823-IGS thaler Dav-859|1823-IGS thaler]]
* [[Saxony 1823-IGS thaler Dav-860|1823-IGS mining thaler]]
* [[Stolberg-Wernigerode 1824 ducat Fr-3364]]
* [[Saxony 1827-S ducat Fr-2894|1827 ducat]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1824]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Saxony]]

[[Category: Selections from Heritage sale 3035]][[Category: Gold ducats of Europe]]