Saxony 1809 ducat Fr-1440
This specimen was lot 2118 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €7,500 (about US$10,438 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich August I. 1806-1827. Dukat 1809, auf das 400jährige Jubiläum der Universität Leipzig. GOLD. RR Kl. Kratzer, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Erworben 1957 bei der Firma Grabow, Berlin. (Germany, kingdom of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I, 1806-27, on the 400th anniversary of the university of Leipzig. Rare, light scrathces, extremely fine to uncirculated. Bought from Grabow in 1957.)"
This is listed in Friedberg under Leipzig, even tho that city never had an independent existence. It is not mentioned in the SCWC. It is on the border between coin and medal. The date is in a chronogram on the reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, .986 fine gold, this specimen 3,49 g.
Catalog reference: Divo/S. 184; Fr-1440; Schl. 786.1.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [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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