View source for Stolberg-Wernigerode 1768-EFR ducat Fr-3360

[[Image:Stolberg H3041-32225o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3041, lot 32225]]
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[[Image:Stolberg 1789.jpg|550px|thumb|Stolberg in 1789, with Wernigerode to the northwest near Halberstadt]]

This specimen was lot 32225 in Heritage sale 3041 (Chicago, August 2015), where it sold for $3,525. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Stolberg-Wernigerode. Christian Ernst I gold Ducat 1768-EFR AU58 NGC, An attractive piece, and the first example of this type that we have ever offered. Always popular, and with an artistic depiction of a stag on the reverse. Some light scattered hairlines that just prevent this coin from reaching the Mint State level." Tho scarce, the other issues from this locale are even rarer.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but scarce.

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

''Catalog reference:'' KM 85, Fr-3360. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, ''Heritage World & Ancient Coins Auction 3041, featuring the Eric Beckman Collection of Canadian Coins, the Kaiser Collection of [[Germany|German]] Gold Coins and the Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins, Part I,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954.

''Link to:''
* [[Stolberg 1764-C thaler Dav-2808]]
* [[Stolberg-Wernigerode 1778 ducat Fr-3361|1778 ducat]]
* [[Stolberg-Stolberg 1796-Z ducat Fr-3352]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1768]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Stolberg]]

[[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]][[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3041]]