Lubeck 1717 ducat Fr-1494

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 20612

This specimen was lot 20612 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Lubeck. Ducat, 1717. NGC MS-62. Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Reformation. An exceedingly lustrous, near choice example of this one year type with religious significance. A few light marks and a hint of striking weakness prevents an even higher designation." This one year type is rare even by Lübeck standards. Several other German states commemorated this event; see below for the links.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-1494; KM-133; Whiting-202.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 1675 double ducat
• 1710 quarter ducat
• 1712-IHF thaler or 32 schilling, issued by the city
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1717-JCA thaler, bicentennial of the Reformation, temple reverse
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1717-JCA thaler, bicentennial of the Reformation, hill in forest reverse
• Hesse-Darmstadt 1717-BIB ducat Fr-1204, bicentennial of the Reformation
• Nurnberg 1717-GFN ducat, bicentennial of the Reformation
• Regensburg 1717 ducat, bicentennial of the Reformation
• Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1717-IT thaler, bicentennial of the Reformation
• Saxe-Saalfeld 1717 ducat Fr-3004, bicentennial of the Reformation
• Schweinfurt 1717 ducat Fr-3108a, bicentennial of the Reformation
• Stolberg 1717-IIG thaler, bicentennial of the Reformation
• 1727-JJJ ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1717