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''Catalog reference:'' KM 5, D.T. 967, HMZ 2-12a. Fr-333. | ''Catalog reference:'' KM 5, D.T. 967, HMZ 2-12a. Fr-333. | ||
Revision as of 17:44, 14 August 2023
This specimen was lot 3002 in Sincona sale 59 (Zurich, October 2019), where it sold for 8,000 CHF (about US$9,689 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Aargau | Muri, Abtei. Placidus von Zurlauben. 1684-1723. Dukat 1720. Sehr selten. PCGS AU55. (Switzerland, canton of Aargau, abbey of Muri, Placidus von Zurlauben. 1684-1723, ducat of 1720. Very rare, about uncirculated.)"
The SCWC and Friedberg list only two coins from this locale, this ducat and an even rarer five ducats (Fr-332). The abbey was secularized in 1802.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 5, D.T. 967, HMZ 2-12a. Fr-333.
- 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.
- Richter, Jürg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
- [1]Richter, Jurg, Sincona Auction 59: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2019.
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