Difference between revisions of "Saxony 1763-FWoF ducat Fr-2869"
(Created page with "550px|thumb|Künker sale 352, lot 2113 This specimen was lot 2113 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €16,00...") |
m (Text replacement - " .986 fine gold" to " 0.986 fine gold") |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 3.50 g, .986 fine gold, this specimen 3.48 g. | + | ''Specification:'' 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.48 g. |
''Catalog reference:'' KM 963, Buck 5; Fr-2869. | ''Catalog reference:'' KM 963, Buck 5; Fr-2869. | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 16 August 2023
This specimen was lot 2113 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €16,000 (about US$22,267 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich Christian, 1763. Dukat 1763, Dresden. Geharnischtes Brustbild r.//Gekröntes, neunfeldiges Wappen, darunter Signatur F. W. ô F. (Friedrich Wilhelm ô Feral, Münzmeister in Dresden 1735-1763). GOLD. RR Vorzüglich/vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Christian, 1763, ducat of 1763, Dresden mint. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: crowned ninefold arms, mintmaster's initials (Frederick William O'Farrell) below. Very rare, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
Friedrich Christian died of smallpox in December 1763 at the age of 41 after ruling as elector for only three months.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 963, Buck 5; Fr-2869.
- 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
Link to: