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This specimen was lot 3577 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,100 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Karl Albert, 1726-1745. Karolin 1732, München. GOLD. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich.'' (Electorate of Bavaria, Charles Albert, 1726-45, carolin d'or of 1732, Munich mint. Rare in this grade, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The eighteenth century saw a fad for absolutist rulers issuing gold coins named after themselves. The most important was the French ''louis d'or'' introduced by Louis XIII and issued until the French Revolution in 1789. In Prussia, Frederick the Great minted the ''friedrichs d'or'' and Denmark alternated between ''frederiks d'or'' and ''christians d'or'' depending on who held the throne. In Bavaria, the ''carolin d'or'' superseded the ''maximilian d'or'' in 1726 but was minted only until 1737 along with half and double ''carolin d'or.'' Eventually the electors went back to the traditional ducat, a universally accepted denomination. The type shown here was issued 1732-35.
 
This specimen was lot 3577 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,100 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Karl Albert, 1726-1745. Karolin 1732, München. GOLD. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich.'' (Electorate of Bavaria, Charles Albert, 1726-45, carolin d'or of 1732, Munich mint. Rare in this grade, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The eighteenth century saw a fad for absolutist rulers issuing gold coins named after themselves. The most important was the French ''louis d'or'' introduced by Louis XIII and issued until the French Revolution in 1789. In Prussia, Frederick the Great minted the ''friedrichs d'or'' and Denmark alternated between ''frederiks d'or'' and ''christians d'or'' depending on who held the throne. In Bavaria, the ''carolin d'or'' superseded the ''maximilian d'or'' in 1726 but was minted only until 1737 along with half and double ''carolin d'or.'' Eventually the electors went back to the traditional ducat, a universally accepted denomination. The type shown here was issued 1732-35.

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Künker sale 264, lot 3577

This specimen was lot 3577 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,100 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Karl Albert, 1726-1745. Karolin 1732, München. GOLD. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. (Electorate of Bavaria, Charles Albert, 1726-45, carolin d'or of 1732, Munich mint. Rare in this grade, extremely fine.)"

The eighteenth century saw a fad for absolutist rulers issuing gold coins named after themselves. The most important was the French louis d'or introduced by Louis XIII and issued until the French Revolution in 1789. In Prussia, Frederick the Great minted the friedrichs d'or and Denmark alternated between frederiks d'or and christians d'or depending on who held the throne. In Bavaria, the carolin d'or superseded the maximilian d'or in 1726 but was minted only until 1737 along with half and double carolin d'or. Eventually the electors went back to the traditional ducat, a universally accepted denomination. The type shown here was issued 1732-35.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 9.7 g, .770 fine gold, 9.84 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-232; Hahn 259, KM 424.

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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015

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