Heritage World Coin Auctions
Signature Sale 3029 14-16 January 2014
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Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection of World Coins. Hamburg. Free City gold Ducat 1846, KM560, Fr-1141, MS63 NGC. Light contact marks distract little from the bright fields on this brilliant and well-struck ducat. The reverse legend refers to the 67 pieces that are struck to the Cologne Mark, the basis of a ducat's weight and purity since the Augsburg Imperial Coinage Decree of 1559. Krause catalog price(s) for this item: $325 in VF, $650 in EF, $1250 in UNC.
Estimate: 800-1200 USD
Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection of World Coins. Hamburg. Free City gold Ducat 1846, KM560, Fr-1141, MS63 NGC. Light contact marks distract little from the bright fields on this brilliant and well-struck ducat. The reverse legend refers to the 67 pieces that are struck to the Cologne Mark, the basis of a ducat's weight and purity since the Augsburg Imperial Coinage Decree of 1559. Krause catalog price(s) for this item: $325 in VF, $650 in EF, $1250 in UNC.
Estimate: 800-1200 USD