Denmark 1667-GK ducat Fr-82

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1088

This specimen was lot 1088 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €12,000 (about US$13,299 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Beautiful Nearly Uncirculated Ducat with Much Eye Appeal, DENMARK. Ducat, 1667. Copenhagen Mint. Frederik III. NGC AU-58. Mintmaster: Gotfred Krüger (GK). A superlative example of this EXTREMELY RARE type that bears close resemblance to Krüger's Speciedalers from the same year (Hede 73). The surfaces are bright and rich, with strong details throughout and limited signs of actual handling or circulation."

This type was struck 1667-68 along with several double ducats (Fr-112). A ducat from Gluckstadt (Fr-79) adds to the variety.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.979 fine gold, 23.8 mm diameter, this specimen 3.47 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-82; KM-304; Hede-35; Sieg-125; Schou-5; Aagaard-61.1; Bruun-6573.

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.
Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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