Stolberg-Wernigerode 1778 ducat Fr-3361
This specimen was lot 5251 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$4,732 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"STOLBERG, STOLBERG-WERNIGERODE, GRAFSCHAFT (DIE ÄLTERE STOLBERGER HAUPTLINIE AUS DER TEILUNG VON 1645), Heinrich Ernst II. 1771-1778. Dukat 1778, Wernigerode. GOLD. R Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 310, Osnabrück 2018, Nr. 6714 und der Slg. Virgil M. Brand, Teil 2, Auktion Bank Leu 47, Zürich 1988, Nr. 2643. (Germany, county of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Henry Ernest II, 1771-78, ducat of 1778, Wernigerode mint. Rare, extremely fine.)"
Another rare type from this petty state in Thuringia.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 87, Fr-3361; Friederich 1420.
- 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 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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