Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1657-EW ducat Fr-3200

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 25214

This specimen was lot 25214 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $5,760. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Silesia: Liegnitz-Brieg. Ducat, 1657-EW. Brieg Mint. Georg, Ludwig & Christian. PCGS MS-63. Featuring the half-length busts of the three brothers, this Choice specimen radiates with exceptionally pleasing and alluring surfaces, a sharp strike, and tantalizing lustrous brilliance. Meanwhile, an appealing golden-orange nature augments its charm that much more. Unsurprisingly, it stands atop the PCGS census with the immense majesty. From the Augustana Collection." Silesia is considered a German State even tho the province was then under Austrian rule and is now in Poland. This type was struck 1653-62 and is considered among the more common gold issues of this state, which lapsed in 1675.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-3200; KM-401.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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]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.

Link to:

• 1656 thaler
• Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1656 5 ducat Fr-3196
• 1657-EW thaler
• 1658-EW ducat, Georg, Ludwig and Christian
• Coins and currency dated 1657