View source for Danzig (1648) 4 ducats Fr-29

[[Image:Poland SB120-21281o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2020 NYINC sale, lot 21281]]
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[[Image:Thorn 1648.jpg|400px|thumb|Thorn and Danzig in 1648]]

This specimen was lot 21281 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $13,200. <blockquote>"[[Poland|POLAND]]. [[Danzig]]. Medallic 4 Ducats, ND (ca. 1648). Danzig Mint, by: Johann Hohn. Johann Casimir. EXTREMELY FINE. Laureate and draped youthful bust right, script engravers initials below bust, legend around "IOAN.CASIMIR9 D.G.POL.&SUEC.REX" (John Casimir, Grace of God King of Poland and Sweden); Reverse: View of the city, arms of Danzig in foreground, radiant Jehovah in Hebrew above all within solid boarder, legend around "REGIA CIVITAS GEDANENS: FIERI FEC." (to be made the King of the city of Danzig). A VERY RARE multiple ducat that seldom appears in today's market. Several solder marks around the circumference from being mounted in the bezel with light to moderate signs of handling consistent with being worn, though nothing overly distracting. Despite its shortcomings an interesting and highly sought after type sure to add depth to the next collection it enters.

<p>The suggested circa date to 1648 which would have been before he was elected King by the Commonwealth parliament 17 January 1649 is due to the fact of the missing titles in the legend of Magnus Dux Lithuaniae (M.D.L) (Grand Duke of Lithuania), Russie (Russ) (Ruthenia) and Prussiae (Pruss) (Prussia) which seem to have been added to his coins by 1649. Also because of the presence of the title of King of Sweden this had to have been struck in 1660 or prior as he was the Titular King of Sweden from 1648-1660. Property from a Private New York Collection."</p></blockquote> This type was accompanied by KM 51 (3 ducats), KM 55.1 (5 ducats) and KM 56.1 (2 ducats).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' 14 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 16.21 g.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-29; KM-A59; cf.Dutkowski/Suchanek-337; cf.HCz-2341. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Danzig 1639-II ducat Fr-15|1639 ducat]]
* [[Danzig 1642 3 ducats Fr-21|1642 3 ducats]]
* [[Danzig 1644-GR IH 10 ducats Fr-16|1644 10 ducats]]
* [[Danzig 1645-GR 4 ducats Fr-20|1645-GR quadruple ducat, Wladyslaw IV]]
* [[Danzig 1648-GR ducat Fr-15|1648-GR ducat, Wladyslaw IV]]
* [[Danzig (1649-68)-GR 3 ducats Fr-30]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1648]]

[[Category: Gold ducats of Europe]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2020 NYINC sale]]