View source for Silesia 1688-SHS 1/6 ducat Fr-296

[[Image:SB822-30324o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 30324]]
[[Image:SB822-30324r.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 30324 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "BOHEMIA. 1/6 Ducat, 1688-SHS. Breslau Mint. Leopold I. NGC MS-63. A RARE example of this penultimate date for the series that is made even more difficult when encountered this choice and enticing, the present specimen glistens with exceptional lustrous brilliance and sports a golden-yellow hue throughout. From the Augustana Collection." Breslau is in [[German States, Silesia|Silesia]], where we have filed this, not Bohemia, as catalogued by the auctioneers. This imperial type was struck 1687-98. The Breslau mint also struck coinage for the local bishop and featured the episcopal bust.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' 0.58 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.56 g.  

''Catalog reference:'' F.u.S. 557. Herinek 511, Fr-296; KM-567. 

''[[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.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[Silesia 1682-SHS 1/6 ducat Fr-296|1682-SHS 1/6 ducat, Breslau mint]]
* [[Silesia 1683-SHS 1/12 ducat Fr-300|1683 1/12 ducat, Breslau mint]]
* [[Breslau 1690 1/8 ducat Fr-298|1690 uniface ⅛ ducat]]
* [[Silesia 1692 1/12 ducat Fr-300|1692 1/12 ducat]]
* [[Silesia 1698 1/6 ducat Fr-296|1698 1/6 ducat, Breslau mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1688]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale]][[Category: Gold ducats of Europe]]