Salzburg 1739-FMK ducat Fr-847

Künker sale 294, lot 3474

This specimen was lot 3474 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,852 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian, 1727-1744. Dukat 1739. GOLD. RR Attraktives Exemplar, vorzüglich/vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Austrian church states, archbishopric of Salzburg, Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian, 1727-1744, ducat of 1739. Rare, very attractive example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1728 and 1738-44. Later types are very common but this one is scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3.49 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-847; Zöttl 2554; KM 332.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• 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.
• Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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