Bremen 1723 ducat Fr-417
This specimen was lot 1884 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,845 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BREMEN, STADT, Dukat 1723, mit Titel Karls VI. GOLD. RR Nur 470 Exemplare geprägt. Gewellt, kl. Randfehler, vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Bremen, ducat of 1723, struck in the name of Charles VI. Only 470 pieces struck. Wavy, rim nick, extremely fine.)"
Bremen, long a member of the Hanseatic League, is today still a major port on the North Sea. Its gold issues in the eighteenth century are few, being limited to ducats of 1710, 1723 (shown here) and 1745-46 (Fr-424).
Recorded mintage: 470.
Specification: 3.50 g, .986 fine gold, this specimen 3,48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 172, Fr-417; Jungk 429.
- 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.
- [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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