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This specimen was lot 3652 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,936 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ, ZÜRICH, Stadt. Dukat 1722. GOLD. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar mit herrlicher Goldtönung. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Zurich|canton of Zurich]], ducat of 1722. Scarce in this quality, cabinet example with superb gold toning, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type was struck without change 1718-67 yet remains scarce.  
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This specimen was lot 3652 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,936 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ, ZÜRICH, Stadt. Dukat 1722. GOLD. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar mit herrlicher Goldtönung. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Zurich|canton of Zurich]], ducat of 1722. Scarce in this quality, cabinet example with superb gold toning, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type was struck without change 1718-67 yet remains scarce.  
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

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Künker sale 406, lot 3652

This specimen was lot 3652 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,936 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ, ZÜRICH, Stadt. Dukat 1722. GOLD. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar mit herrlicher Goldtönung. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Switzerland, canton of Zurich, ducat of 1722. Scarce in this quality, cabinet example with superb gold toning, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck without change 1718-67 yet remains scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.44 g.

Catalog reference: KM 140, D./T. 406 e; Fr-486a (incorrectly described).

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.
  • Richter, Jürg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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