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This specimen was lot 2012 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,454 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''NÜRNBERG, STADT, Dreifache Dukatenklippe 1700. Lammprägung. GOLD. RR Fassungsspuren, Felder geglättet, sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Nurnberg|city of Nuremberg]], ducat of 1700, Paschal lamb. Very rare, tooled, very fine.)"</blockquote> In 1700, the city issued a series of Paschal Lamb gold coins ranging from 1/32 ducat to five ducats, both in round and klippe (square) format. They were very popular as religious souvenirs and were extensively saved, making them common today. Some were restruck later to fill the demand. This denomination has the date in a chronogram.
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This specimen was lot 2012 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,454 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''NÜRNBERG, STADT, Dreifache Dukatenklippe 1700. Lammprägung. GOLD. RR Fassungsspuren, Felder geglättet, sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Nurnberg|city of Nuremberg]], ducat of 1700, Paschal lamb. Very rare, tooled, very fine.)"</blockquote> In 1700, the city issued a series of Paschal Lamb gold coins ranging from 1/32 ducat to five ducats, both in round and klippe (square) format. They were very popular as religious souvenirs and were extensively saved, making them common today. Some were restruck later to fill the demand. This denomination has the date in a chronogram.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Latest revision as of 14:53, 30 November 2024

Künker sale 352, lot 2012

This specimen was lot 2012 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,454 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"NÜRNBERG, STADT, Dreifache Dukatenklippe 1700. Lammprägung. GOLD. RR Fassungsspuren, Felder geglättet, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Nuremberg, ducat of 1700, Paschal lamb. Very rare, tooled, very fine.)"

In 1700, the city issued a series of Paschal Lamb gold coins ranging from 1/32 ducat to five ducats, both in round and klippe (square) format. They were very popular as religious souvenirs and were extensively saved, making them common today. Some were restruck later to fill the demand. This denomination has the date in a chronogram.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 10,13 g.

Catalog reference: KM 261, Fr-1881; Kellner 45.

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]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.

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