Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1610 5 ducat Fr-3151

Sincona sale 33, lot 2422

This specimen was lot 2422 in Sincona sale 33 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 10,000 CHF (about US$11,871 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Schlesien-Liegnitz-Brieg, Herzogtum. Johann Christian und Georg Rudolf, 1602-1621 5 Dukaten 1610. Sehr selten. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg, John Christian and George Rudolph, 1602-21, five ducats of 1610. Very rare, Very fine-extremely fine.)"

This type is noted as struck using thaler dies. Silesia is considered a German State even tho the province was then under Austrian rule and is now in Poland.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 17.5 g, .986 gold, .554 troy oz AGW, this specimen 17.37 g.

Catalog reference: Friedensburg/Seger 1445. Fr-3151, KM 113.

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]Jürg Richter, Numismatic Coins & Medals, Auction 33, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.

Link to:

• 1607 ducat
• 1609 thaler
• 1610 ducat
• 1610-CT double ducat
• 1610-CT triple ducat
• 1610-CT quadruple ducat
• Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1611 4 ducat Fr-3160
• Silesia 1621 6 thaler
• Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1621 6 ducat Fr-3150
• Coins and currency dated 1610
• return to coins of German States, Silesia