Regensburg (1745-50) 3 ducat Fr-2536

Künker sale 336, lot 6598

This specimen was lot 6598 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,141 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"REGENSBURG, STADT, 3 Dukaten o. J. mit Titel von Franz I. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung VF Details. GOLD. RR Gelocht, etwas gewellt, fast sehr schön. (Germany, city of Regensburg, undated triple ducat struck in the name of Francis I, in NGC holder graded VF details. Rare, holed, bent, about very fine.)"

This is one of several very similar triple ducats minted in the free city of Regensburg sometime before 1750 in conjunction with quarter, half, one, two, four, five and six ducats. It was probably minted to apologize to Francis I for supporting his rival Karl VII in the War of the Austrian Succession.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 334, Beckenbauer 317, III; Fr-2536 (dort ungenau beschrieben).

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.
• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

Link to:

• Regensburg (1742-45) ducat Fr-2515 Karl VII
• Regensburg (1744-52)-B kreuzer
• (1745-50) 15 kreuzer
• (1745-50) half thaler
• (1745-50) thaler
• (1745-50) quarter ducat, for Francis I
• (1745-50) half ducat, for Francis I
• (1745-50)-ICB ducat, for Francis I
• (1745-50)-B double ducat, for Francis I
• (1745-50)-ICB 6 ducats, Francis I
• 1750 pfenning
• (1750)-B 1/32 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1745