Hamburg 1787 2 ducats Fr-1128
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This specimen was lot 24718 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "Hamburg. Free City gold 2 Ducats 1787, AU58 NGC, struck in the name of Joseph II. Original toning with luster in the legends, slightly weak[ly] struck central details. Total mintage for this date: 320." This type was struck 1773-88 in small numbers. Hamburg did not give up minting ducats until 1872, amid the coinage reform resulting from unification.
Recorded mintage: 320.
Specification: 6.98 g, .979 fine gold, .219 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 450, Fr-1128.
- 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, 7th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2003
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3026, World & Ancient Coins, featuring the RLM Collection, Part Two, the Nogales Collection and the Goetz Medals Die Archive, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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- 1783 ducat
- 1790 ducat
- Coins and currency dated 1787
- return to coins of German States, Hamburg
