Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1729-IHT ducat Fr-694
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This specimen was lot 30065 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $4,700. The catalog description[1] noted, "Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. August Wilhelm Gold Ducat 1729 IHT, AU55 NGC. Obv. Bust right. Rev. Horse prancing left. Lustrous and minimally marked with considerable remaining luster. Rare, and a seldom offered type and date. Ex: "Colonel" E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman/B.G. Johnson." This issue appears to be an unlisted date of KM 740 but might be KM 772 or KM 788, which lack photos in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, .986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 740?, Fr-694.
- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
Link to:
- 1722 ducat
- 1727 "leaping stallion" ⅓ thaler
- 1727 "leaping stallion" thaler
- 1730-IHT thaler, on the bicentennial of the Augsburg Confession
- 1731-IHT thaler, on the death of Augustus William
- 1731-C "wild man" thaler
- 1731-C "leaping stallion" thaler
- 1732-S ducat, for the Harz mines
- Coins and currency dated 1729
- return to coins of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel