Augsburg 1640 ducat Fr-61

Künker sale 336, lot 6451

This specimen was lot 6453 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,570 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"AUGSBURG, STADT, Dukat 1640, mit Titel Ferdinands III. GOLD. Min. gewellt, Stempelfehler, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Augsburg, ducat of 1640, in the name of Ferdinand III. Slightly bent, die breaks, about extremely fine.)"

This ducat was struck 1637-43. In 1645, the bust was revised to show the emperor facing right (KM 83) but Friedberg assigns the same catalog number to both. This type is slightly rarer than the later issue from after the Thirty Years War. St. Afra appears on other ducats of the period (Fr-63).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,49 g.

Catalog reference: KM 73, Forster 279; Fr-61.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• 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:

• 1635-BS ducat, St. Afra
• 1641 thaler
• 1642 ducat, St. Afra
• 1645 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1640