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[[Image:Hamburg 1774 ducat obv H3026-24712.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3026, lot 24712]]
[[Image:Hamburg 1774 ducat rev H3026-24712.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 24712 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Hamburg. Free City gold Ducat 1774, MS62 NGC, in the name of Joseph II. Nice original toning with exceptionally sharp details, an appealing mint state specimen." This type was struck 1773-88 in small numbers. Hamburg did not give up minting ducats until 1872, amid the coinage reform resulting from unification.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.49 g, .979 fine gold, .109 troy oz AGW.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 447, Fr-1129.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* 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
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, ''Heritage Signature Auction 3026, World & Ancient Coins, featuring the RLM Collection, Part Two, the Nogales Collection and the Goetz Medals Die Archive,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

''Link to:''
* [[Hamburg 1771 2 ducats Fr-1126]]
* [[Hamburg 1775 ducat Fr-1129]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1774]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Hamburg]]

[[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]][[Category: Selections from Heritage sale 3026]]

Hamburg 1774 ducat Fr-1129 - Revision history

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