Nurnberg 1698-GFN 6 ducats Fr-1872
This specimen was lot 20214 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $24,000. The catalog description[1] noted,
"GERMANY. Nurnberg. Peace of Rijswijk Gold Medallic 6 Ducats, 1698. PCGS Genuine--Filed Rims, Unc Details Gold Shield. By G. F. Nurnberger. Obverse: EXPONATA DIV PAX COE LI EX MVNERE VENIT (with date in chronogram), Peace, holding olive branch and caduceus, standing facing on base; Genius to left and right, holding palm frond and resting elbow upon shield; Reverse: City view of Nuremberg, with radiant tetragrammaton above; in three lines in exergue, MONETA REIPUB / NORIMBERGEN / SIS 1698. Likely serving as a jewelry piece, this example presents great eye appeal with golden-orange toning and excellent detail. A difficult type to encounter and always popular when it is."
These dies were also used to strike KM 235 (6 ducat klippe), KM 232 (5 ducat), KM 231 (4 ducat) and KM 230 (thaler).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 21 g, 0.986 fine gold; this specimen 17.25 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1872; KM-234; Erlanger-575.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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