Silesia 1682-SHS 1/12 ducat Fr-300
This specimen was lot 353 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,206 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I. 1657-1705. 1/12 Dukat 1682, SHS, Breslau. Wardein Salomon Hammerschmidt. GOLD. Vorzüglich. Erworben im Jahr 1960. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, one twelfth ducat of 1682, Breslau mint. Extremely fine. Purchased in 1960.)"
This tiny coin was struck 1681-83 and 1687-1690. The Breslau mint also struck coins for the local bishop; these are listed under Breslau.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.29 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0,29 g.
Catalog reference: KM 543 (listed under Silesia), F. u. S. -; Fr-300.
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- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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