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This specimen was lot 3832 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,247 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Karl VI. 1711-1740. Dukat 1726, KB, Kremnitz. GOLD. Feine Goldpatina, sehr schön +.'' (Holy Roman Empire, Charles VI, 1711-40, ducat of 1726, Kremnitz mint. Fine gold patina, choice very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1712-30 and is counted as common. The auctioneers listed it under [[Austria]] but it was made in [[Hungary]] and that is where we will file it.
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This specimen was lot 3832 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,247 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Karl VI. 1711-1740. Dukat 1726, KB, Kremnitz. GOLD. Feine Goldpatina, sehr schön +.'' (Holy Roman Empire, Charles VI, 1711-40, ducat of 1726, Kremnitz mint. Fine gold patina, choice very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1712-30 and is counted as common. The auctioneers listed it under [[Austria]] but it was made in [[Hungary]] and that is where we will file it.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 17:36, 28 November 2024

Künker sale 406, lot 3832

This specimen was lot 3832 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,247 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Karl VI. 1711-1740. Dukat 1726, KB, Kremnitz. GOLD. Feine Goldpatina, sehr schön +. (Holy Roman Empire, Charles VI, 1711-40, ducat of 1726, Kremnitz mint. Fine gold patina, choice very fine.)"

This type was struck 1712-30 and is counted as common. The auctioneers listed it under Austria but it was made in Hungary and that is where we will file it.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.19 g.

Catalog reference: KM 291, Fr-171; Herinek 153.

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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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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