Aachen 1753 ducat Fr-11

Künker sale 352, lot 1716

This specimen was lot 1716 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,340 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"AACHEN, STADT, Dukat 1753, mit Titel von Franz I. GOLD. RR Winz. Henkelspur, vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Aachen, ducat of 1753, struck in the name of Francis I. Rare, small mount mark, extremely fine.)"

The city of Aachen on the border between Germany and the Netherlands, issued no thalers during the eighteenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,46 g.

Catalog reference: KM 49, Fr-11; Menadier 260.

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.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• Aachen (1752-56) 32 marck
• Aachen 1754 3 marck
• Coins and currency dated 1753