Silesia 1692 1/12 ducat Fr-300
This specimen was lot 1792 in Sincona sale 66 (Zurich, October 2020), where it sold for 1,200 CHF (about US$1,580 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HEILIGES ROMISCH REICH, Leopold I. 1657-1705. 1/12 Dukat 1692, Breslau. Münzmeister Martin Maximilian von Wackerl. Selten. Fast FDC. Leicht gewellt. (Austria, Leopold I, 1657-1705, one-twelfth ducat of 1692, Breslau mint. Rare, About uncirculated, Slightly wavy flan.)"
This type was issued 1692-98 and is likely scandalously undervalued in the SCWC. The Bishopric of Breslau was an ecclesiastical state in Silesia and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client from 1526 until its conquest by Frederick the Great in 1741. Breslau issued a long series of ducats and multiple ducats, all rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.29 g, .986 fine gold, this specimen 0.25 g.
Catalog reference: KM 585 (German States, Silesia), Friedensburg/Seger 583, Herinek 553, Fr-300.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 66, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, featuring the Claude Stritt Collection, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2020.
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