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This specimen was lot 1164 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,619 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Frederik V. 1746-1766. Dukat 1747, Kopenhagen. Guinea-Gold. GOLD. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' (kingdom of [[Denmark]], Frederick V, 1746-66, ducat of 1747, Copenhagen mint, from African gold. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The king did not mint ducats every year but in 1747 he had three different ducats issued, all rare: KM 564, 565 and 566 (shown here). Until 1813, one ducat = 2 speciedaler = 12 mark = 192 skilling Danske.
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This specimen was lot 1164 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,619 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Frederik V. 1746-1766. Dukat 1747, Kopenhagen. Guinea-Gold. GOLD. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' (kingdom of [[Denmark]], Frederick V, 1746-66, ducat of 1747, Copenhagen mint, from African gold. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The king did not mint ducats every year but in 1747 he had three different ducats issued, all rare: KM 564, 565 and 566 (shown here). Until 1813, one ducat = 2 speciedaler = 12 mark = 192 skilling Danske. Wikipedia comments, <blockquote>"While Denmark's trading posts in India were of little note, it played an important role in the highly lucrative Atlantic slave trade, through its trading outposts in Fort Christiansborg in Osu, Ghana through which 1.5 million slaves were traded. While the Danish colonial empire was sustained by trade with other major powers, and plantations – ultimately a lack of resources led to its stagnation."</blockquote>
  
 
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* [[Denmark 1746-A ducat Fr-264|1746 ducat]]
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* [[Denmark 1746-A ducat Fr-264|1746-A ducat, Ft. Christiansborg]]
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* [[Denmark (1746)-A 2 ducats Fr-251|(1746)-A double ducat, death of Christian VI]]
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* [[Denmark 1746-A 2 ducats Fr-253|1746-A double ducat, ''EX AURO SINICO'']]
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* [[Denmark 1746-A 2 ducats Fr-257|1746-A double ducat, ''KDA/EX AURO SINICO'']]
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* [[Denmark 1746-A 2 ducats Fr-263|1746-A double ducat, Ft. Christiansborg]]
 
* [[Denmark 1747-A krone Dav-1300A|1747-A krone]]
 
* [[Denmark 1747-A krone Dav-1300A|1747-A krone]]
 
* [[Denmark 1747-W krone Dav-1300|1747-W krone]]
 
* [[Denmark 1747-W krone Dav-1300|1747-W krone]]

Revision as of 16:01, 17 December 2024

Künker sale 352, lot 1164

This specimen was lot 1164 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,619 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Frederik V. 1746-1766. Dukat 1747, Kopenhagen. Guinea-Gold. GOLD. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (kingdom of Denmark, Frederick V, 1746-66, ducat of 1747, Copenhagen mint, from African gold. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The king did not mint ducats every year but in 1747 he had three different ducats issued, all rare: KM 564, 565 and 566 (shown here). Until 1813, one ducat = 2 speciedaler = 12 mark = 192 skilling Danske. Wikipedia comments,

"While Denmark's trading posts in India were of little note, it played an important role in the highly lucrative Atlantic slave trade, through its trading outposts in Fort Christiansborg in Osu, Ghana through which 1.5 million slaves were traded. While the Danish colonial empire was sustained by trade with other major powers, and plantations – ultimately a lack of resources led to its stagnation."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, .979 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 566, Fr-273; Hede 13.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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.
  • Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015
  • [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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