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This specimen was lot 2249 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$8,254 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand I., 1522-1558-1564. Dukat 1554, Wien. GOLD. RR Vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Exemplar der Auktion Dorotheum Kunstabteilung 191, Wien, April 1956, Nr. 267.'' ([[Austria|Holy Roman Empire]], Ferdinand I, 1522-64, ducat of 1554, Vienna mint. Very rare, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The SCWC lists this for 1534, 1538, 1543-54 but other dates likely exist.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specification'': 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,55 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM MB379, Fr-36; Markl 19.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* 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.
* Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

''Links:''
* [[Austria 1546 ducat Fr-36|1546 ducat, Vienna mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1554 thaler Dav-8046|1554 thaler, Joachimsthal mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1554 thaler Dav-8049|1554 thaler, Kuttenberg mint]]
* [[Austria 1559 ducat Fr-42|1559 ducat, Klagenfurt mint, Ferdinand I]]
* [[Austria 1563 ducat Fr-36|1563 ducat, Vienna mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1554]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 439, 440, 441]][[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]]

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