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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.  
  
''Specification:'' 3.49 g, .986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.  
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''Specification:'' 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 693, Fr-2799; Kahnt 58.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 693, Fr-2799; Kahnt 58.  
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* [[Saxony 1694-IK ducat Fr-2758|1694-IK ducat]]
 
* [[Saxony 1694-IK ducat Fr-2758|1694-IK ducat]]
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* [[Saxony 1695-IK 2 ducats Fr-2766|1695-IK double ducat]]
 
* [[Saxony 1696-IK thaler Dav-7653|1696-IK thaler, birth of the new prince]]
 
* [[Saxony 1696-IK thaler Dav-7653|1696-IK thaler, birth of the new prince]]
 
* [[Saxony 1696 2 ducats Fr-2774|1696 double ducat, on the elector's departure for the campaign against the Turks in Hungary]]
 
* [[Saxony 1696 2 ducats Fr-2774|1696 double ducat, on the elector's departure for the campaign against the Turks in Hungary]]
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* [[Saxony 1697-EPH 1/3 thaler|1697-EPH ⅓ thaler]]
 
* [[Saxony 1697-EPH 1/3 thaler|1697-EPH ⅓ thaler]]
 
* [[Saxony 1697-IK 2/3 thaler KM-655|1697-IK ⅔ thaler]]
 
* [[Saxony 1697-IK 2/3 thaler KM-655|1697-IK ⅔ thaler]]
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* [[Saxony 1697-IK thaler Dav-7652|1697-IK thaler, round format]]
 
* [[Saxony 1697 thaler Dav-7654|1697 klippe thaler]]
 
* [[Saxony 1697 thaler Dav-7654|1697 klippe thaler]]
 
* [[Saxony 1697-IK ducat Fr-2770|1697-IK ducat, Dresden mint]]
 
* [[Saxony 1697-IK ducat Fr-2770|1697-IK ducat, Dresden mint]]

Latest revision as of 12:03, 6 May 2024

from Künker sale 352, lot 2105

This specimen was lot 2105 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €28,000 (about US$38,968 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich August I. 1694-1733 (August der Starke). Dukat 1697, Leipzig. GOLD. RR Kl. Kratzer, vorzüglich. Erworben 1953 bei der Firma Helbing, München. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I (Augustus the Strong), 1694-1733, ducat of 1697, Leipzig mint. Very rare, minor scratches, extremely fine. Bought from Helbing.)"

This type was struck in Leipzig in 1697 along with a 1½ ducat, half ducat and quarter ducat.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 693, Fr-2799; Kahnt 58.

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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