Bohemia 1580 ducat Fr-12
This specimen was lot 3812 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,199 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Rudolf II. 1576-1612. Dukat 1580, Prag. Münzmeister Tobias Gebhardt. GOLD. RR Hübsche Goldpatina, kl. Zainende, min. gewellt, fast vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Rudolf II, 1576-1612, ducat of 1580, Prague mint. Very rare, handsome gold patina, minor clip, slightly wavy, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1577-86 and is not priced in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.38 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB244, Dietiker 427; Fr-12 (listed under Bohemia); Halacka 294.
- 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.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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