Denmark 1651 ducat Fr-77

Heritage sale 3024, lot 23720

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23720 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $7,637.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Frederik III gold Ducat 1651, MS63 NGC Terner Collection, a superb example of this early Ducat with bold design features and full mint brilliance. Very rare and desirable in this marvelous quality." Like most gold issues of the seventeenth century this type, struck 1649-51, is rare and expensive. King Frederik III ruled 1648-70.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, .979 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM171, Fr-77.

Source:

• 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.
• 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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