Nurnberg 1698-GFN 4 ducat Fr-1874
This specimen was lot 20594 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $28,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "Nurnberg 1698 Peace and City View 4 Ducats, GERMANY. Nurnberg. Freie Reichsstadt. 4 Ducats, 1698-GFN. NGC AU-55. Mint Master Georg Friedrich Nurnberger. Standing Peace flanked by cherubs supporting City Arms, legend includes chronogram date, 'EXORNATA DIV PAX COE - LI EX MVNERE VENIT', Peace brings Divine Gifts from Heaven; Reverse: Hebrew 'JEHOVAH' in glory over intricate city view virtually identical to the 1688 coinage. 'MONETA REIPUB:/ NORIMBERGEN-/ SIS. 1698' in exergue, Coin of the Republic of Nurnberg. Here is a well-executed, wonderfully symbolic design of this great Free City, with bright gleam in the fields and slight wave in the flan. Incredibly desirable as a type, with a recent offering of a 5 Ducat of the same design bringing 66,000 Euros hammer in a November 2017 Auktionen Munzhandlung Sonntag auction. Ex: Louis E. Eliasberg Collection sold by American Numismatic Rarities, April 2005, Lot #280." This type was accompanied by a thaler (KM 230), 5 ducat (KM 232), 6 ducat (KM 235), 8 ducat (KM 240) and 9 ducat (KM 241).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 13.90 gms, 42.4 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-1874; KM-231 (Rare).
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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