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This specimen was lot 3653 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €5,000 (about US$6,459 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, AB 1692 KURFÜRSTENTUM HANNOVER, Georg III. 1760-1820. Dukat 1800. Harzgold. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], electorate of Hannover, George III, 1760-1820, ducat of 1800, minted from Harz gold. Very rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> Friedberg lists these ducats, minted from gold mined in the Harz mountains, for 1767-1818. The SCWC breaks the issue into three types, [[Hannover 1767-IAP ducat Fr-618|KM 359]] (1767-89), KM 396 (1791-1800, shown here) and KM 111 (1815 and 1818). All are scarce.
 
This specimen was lot 3653 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €5,000 (about US$6,459 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, AB 1692 KURFÜRSTENTUM HANNOVER, Georg III. 1760-1820. Dukat 1800. Harzgold. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], electorate of Hannover, George III, 1760-1820, ducat of 1800, minted from Harz gold. Very rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> Friedberg lists these ducats, minted from gold mined in the Harz mountains, for 1767-1818. The SCWC breaks the issue into three types, [[Hannover 1767-IAP ducat Fr-618|KM 359]] (1767-89), KM 396 (1791-1800, shown here) and KM 111 (1815 and 1818). All are scarce.

Revision as of 22:14, 18 October 2021

Künker sale 264, lot 3653

This specimen was lot 3653 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €5,000 (about US$6,459 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, AB 1692 KURFÜRSTENTUM HANNOVER, Georg III. 1760-1820. Dukat 1800. Harzgold. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Hannover, George III, 1760-1820, ducat of 1800, minted from Harz gold. Very rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Friedberg lists these ducats, minted from gold mined in the Harz mountains, for 1767-1818. The SCWC breaks the issue into three types, KM 359 (1767-89), KM 396 (1791-1800, shown here) and KM 111 (1815 and 1818). All are scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, .986 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.

Catalog reference: Divo/S. 82; Fr-618; Schl. 241, KM 396 (listed under German States, Brunswick-Luneburg).

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

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