Munsterberg-Oels 1530-NB ducat Fr-3228

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 25215

This specimen was lot 25215 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $6,600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Silesia: Munsterberg-Oels. Ducat, 1530. Reichenstein Mint. Karl I. NGC MS-63. Obverse: St. Christopher standing facing, holding tree trunk and carrying infant Christ upon his shoulder; Reverse: Coat-of-arms. A highly Choice and VERY RARE type, this example radiates with an exceptionally sharp strike and tremendous glistening brilliance throughout. A great opportunity for seldom encountered and difficult striking. From the Augustana Collection." The duchy is located in Silesia and fell to the Hapsburgs in 1647 on the extinction of the line. Frederick the Great of Prussia seized Silesia in the 1740's but it is now part of Poland. This type is listed for 1520-36.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-3228; KM MB19.

Source:

• 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.
• Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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