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Revision as of 08:59, 30 April 2024
This specimen was lot 1806 in Sincona sale 66 (Zurich, October 2020), where it sold for 2,400 CHF (about US$3,160 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HEILIGES ROMISCH REICH, Joseph I. 1705-1711. 1/12 Dukat 1707, Breslau. Stempelschneider Georg Hoffmann. Wardein Franz Nowack. Äusserst selten. FDC. Knapper Schrötling. (Austria, Joseph I, 1705-11, one-twelfth ducat of 1707, Breslau mint. Extremely rare, Uncirculated, Small flan.)"
The Bishopric of Breslau was an ecclesiastical state in Silesia and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client from 1526 until its conquest by Frederick the Great in 1741. Breslau issued a long series of ducats and multiple ducats, all rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.27 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.27 g.
Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Friedensburg/Seger 782. Herinek 112. Fr. 349.
- 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.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 66, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, featuring the Claude Stritt Collection, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2020.
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