Olmutz (1711-38) ducat Fr-97
This specimen was lot 1682 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €8,500 (about US$11,830 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, OLMUTZ, BISTUM, SEIT 1777 ERZBISTUM, Wolfgang von Schrattenbach, 1711-1738. Dukat o. J. GOLD. RR Attraktives Exemplar, kl. Zainende, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Erworben 1931 bei der Firma Julius Jenke, München. (bishopric of Olmutz, Wolfgang von Schrattenbach, 1711-38, undated ducat. Rare, attractive, small edge clip, very fine to extremely fine. Bought from Julius Jenke in 1931.)"
This type was struck 1712, 1725-28, 1734-37 and undated. Omlutz, now Olomuoc, is now in the Moravian portion of the Czech Republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, .986 fine gold, this specimen 3.32 g.
Catalog reference: KM 406, Fr-97; Suchomel/Videman 777.
- 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.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [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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