Sweden 1657 ducat Fr-36

Künker sale 294, lot 3208

This specimen was lot 3208 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €30,000 (about US$40,434 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEDEN, KÖNIGREICH, Karl X. Gustav, 1654-1660. Dukat 1657, Stockholm. Münzmeister Michael Hack. * * CAROLUS · GUST · X · D : G : SVEC : GOT VAN : REX Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel//IN · IEHOVA · SORS · (Münzmeistersignatur ) MEA : IPSE · FACIET Gekröntes, vierfeldiges Wappen: Drei Kronen (Tre kronor) / Folkunger-Löwe (Folkungar), in der Mitte der fünffeldige Schild von Pfalz-Zweibrücken, oben die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 57. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (kingdom of Sweden, Charles X Gustavus, 1654-60, ducat of 657, Stockholm mint. Obverse: mantled and armored bust; reverse: crowned quartered arms of Sweden and Norway with escutcheon of Pfalz-Zweibrücken divides date. Very rare, especially in this quality, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type is recorded for 1654-60; all are rare.

Recorded mintage: 1,466.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.46 g.

Catalog reference: Ahlström 7 (XR); Fr-36; KM-218.

Source:

• Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
• 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.

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• Sweden 1654 riksdaler Dav-4528
• Sweden 1675 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1657
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