GERMANY. Lübeck. Free city, 1226-1811. 10 Ducats 1752, Lubeck. Obv. MON NOVA IMP - CIVITAT LUBECÆ. Crowned double-headed eagle, value «48» on its chest, Heinrich Rust's coat of arms below. Rev. 48 SCHILLING COURANT GELDT ANNO 1752. Coat of arms, signature of Johann Justin Jasters. KM Pn25; Fr. 1499. AU. 34.63 g. SP 63 PCGS Ex. Sincona auction 9, 22 oct 2012, lot 3800.

Extremely rare. Off-metal strike with the dies of a thaler.

Heinrich Rust began his activity in Lübeck in 1705 when he entered the service of his father-in-law, the city councilor Johann Richard von der Hardt. He took an increasingly important part in the commercial activities of the city from 1714, and quickly became a member of the Schonenfahrer, the important corporation of merchants of the Hanseatic city. He was elected to the city council in 1731 and became mayor of the city in 1743. It was certainly he who then ordered the striking in gold of the 48 schilling from Johann Justus Jaster, then master of the Lübeck mint.

This extraordinary gold strike weighing 10 dukats reflects the wealth and opulence of the Free City of Lübeck, which at the time occupied the main place in the commercial traffic of the Baltic.
Certification number: 34150879