Hungary 1593-KB ducat Fr-63

Künker sale 406, lot 3815

This specimen was lot 3815 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,986 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Rudolf II. 1576-1612. Dukat 1593, KB, Kremnitz. GOLD. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, Rudolf II, 1576-1612, ducat of 1593, Kremnitz mint. Cabinet example, about uncirculated.)"

The armored standing figure is not the emperor but of St. Ladislas holding a pike. This type was struck 1578-1608. It is the most common Hungarian ducat of Rudolf's reign.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.42 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB258, Fr-63; Huszar 1002.

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.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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