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This specimen was lot 2021 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €200 (about US$278 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''NÜRNBERG, STADT, 1/16 Dukatenklippe o. J. (1700). Lammprägung. GOLD. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Nurnberg|city of Nuremberg]], undated one-sixteenth ducat klippe, Paschal lamb, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> In 1700, the city issued a series of Paschal Lamb gold coins ranging from 1/32 ducat (shown here) to five ducats, both in round and klippe (square) format. They were very popular as religious souvenirs and were extensively saved, making them common today. Some were restruck later to fill the demand.
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This specimen was lot 2021 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €200 (about US$278 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''NÜRNBERG, STADT, 1/16 Dukatenklippe o. J. (1700). Lammprägung. GOLD. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Nurnberg|city of Nuremberg]], undated one-sixteenth ducat klippe, Paschal lamb, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> In 1700, the city issued a series of Paschal Lamb gold coins ranging from 1/32 ducat to five ducats, both in round and klippe (square) format. They were very popular as religious souvenirs and were extensively saved, making them common today. Some were restruck later to fill the demand.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 08:44, 19 October 2021

Künker sale 352, lot 2021

This specimen was lot 2021 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €200 (about US$278 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"NÜRNBERG, STADT, 1/16 Dukatenklippe o. J. (1700). Lammprägung. GOLD. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, city of Nuremberg, undated one-sixteenth ducat klippe, Paschal lamb, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

In 1700, the city issued a series of Paschal Lamb gold coins ranging from 1/32 ducat to five ducats, both in round and klippe (square) format. They were very popular as religious souvenirs and were extensively saved, making them common today. Some were restruck later to fill the demand.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.22 g, .986 fine gold, this specimen 0,22 g.

Catalog reference: KM 247, Fr-1896; Kellner 102.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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