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Revision as of 12:03, 6 May 2024
This specimen was lot 2104 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €15,000 (about US$20,876 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich August I. 1694-1733 (August der Starke). Dukat 1697 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1696 geändert), Dresden. Brustbild r. in Kurornat, in der Rechten Schwert, davor Kurhut auf einem Tisch//Gekrönter Löwe steht nach l. in der Rechten Pranke Schwert, die Linke auf den kursächsischen Wappenschild gelegt, unten in der Umschrift die Signatur I - (gekreuzte Pfeile) - K (Johann Koch, Münzmeister in Dresden 1688-1698). GOLD. Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. Erworben 1934 bei der Firma Julius Jenke, Berlin. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I (Augustus the Strong), ducat of 1697 (date shown as 1697/6), Dresden mint. Obverse: half-length bust of the elector brandishing a sword, electoral cap on table; reverse: cronw lion left with sword and shield. Very scarce in this quality, extremely fine. Bought from Julius Jenke, Berlin, in 1934.)"
This type was struck 1695-97 along with a 5 ducats and half ducat.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.43 g.
Catalog reference: KM 671, Fr-2770; Kahnt 56.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- 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:
- 1694-IK ducat
- 1695-IK double ducat
- 1696-IK thaler
- 1696-IK thaler, birth of the new prince
- 1696 double ducat, on the elector's departure for the campaign against the Turks in Hungary
- 1696 double ducat, on the elector's departure for the campaign against the Turks in Hungary
- 1697-IK quarter thaler, on his coronation as king of Poland
- 1697-EPH ⅓ thaler
- 1697-IK ⅔ thaler
- 1697-IK thaler, round format
- 1697 klippe thaler
- 1697-EPH ducat, Leipzig mint
- 1697 ducat, on his election as king of Poland
- 1697-IK ducat, on his coronation as king of Poland
- 1697 double ducat, bust obverse, on his coronation as king of Poland
- 1697 double ducat, elector on horseback
- Coins and currency dated 1697