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This specimen was lot 2138 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €16,000 (about US$22,011 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''MALTA, JOHANNITERORDEN Adrien de Wignacourt, 1690-1697. Zecchino 1694, Valletta. 3,44 g Der Heilige Johannes steht nach r. und überreicht dem vor ihm knienden Großmeister das Banner des Ordens//Wappen des Großmeisters. GOLD. RR Leicht gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Order of Malta]], Adrien de Wignacourt, 1690-1697, zecchino of 1694, Valletta mint. obverse: St. John the Baptist stands right, handing the banner of the Order to the grandmaster; reverse: grandmaster's arms. Very rare, slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This rare type was struck 1691, 1694-96. This example realized ten times the catalog value.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specification'': 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 16,60 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 123, Restelli 5; Fr-15; Gatt 20-1Z-60X60.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* 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>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:''
* [[Malta (1680-90) zecchino Fr-13]]
* [[Malta 1695 4 zecchini Fr-14|1695 4 zecchini]]
* [[Malta 1705 zecchino Fr-19]], Ramon de Perellós y Rocafull
* [[Coins and currency dated 1694]]

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

Malta 1694 zecchino Fr-15 - Revision history

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