Hungary 1752-NB 1/4 ducat Fr-184

Künker sale 294, lot 3424

This specimen was lot 3424 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,504 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. 1/4 Dukat 1752, NB, Nagybánya. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, quarter ducat of 1752, Nagybánya mint. Very rare, extremely fine.)"

This rare type was reissued in 1755.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.875 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 0.87 g.

Catalog reference: Eypeltauer 256; Fr-184; Huszar 1664, KM 361.

Source:

• Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
• 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017

Link to:

• 1743 thaler
• 1751-KB ducat
• 1756-KB ducat
• 1759-NB ducat, Francis I
• 1761-KB 17 kreuzer
• 1761-KB ducat
• 1764 quarter ducat, Nagybánya mint
• Coins and currency dated 1752
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