Denmark (1696) ducat Fr-182

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 30360

This specimen was lot 30360 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $8,400. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. Ducat, ND (1696). Copenhagen Mint. Christian V. PCGS MS-61. A fairly SCARCE and seldom seen equestrian type, the present example delights with shimmering brilliance and only a few scattered marks. Pale yellow overall and with a design that seemingly leaps off from the planchet." Other Danish ducats for 1696 include KM 415.3, KM 433 and KM 443. All are rare. This one was struck using half ducat dies.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-182; KM-444.

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.
• Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

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• 1695-♥ krone
• 1695-♥ triple krone (12 mark)
• 1696-♥ krone (4 mark)
• 1696 double ducat
• Denmark 1699 ducat Fr-170
• (1699) ducat, city view
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