Estimate: 20.000 EuroBrandenburg.
Friedrich Wilhelm, the Great Elector.
Ducat 1686 LCS, Berlin.
Extremely rare.
Attractive piece.
36
Estimate: 50.000 EuroBavaria.
Maximilian II.
Ducat 1855.
Only a few pieces are known.
Extremely fine-uncirculated.
105
Estimate: 125.000 EuroBrunswick-Bevern.
Ferdinand Albrecht I.
Löser in the weight of 4 Reichstalers 1670, Clausthal.
Extremely rare.
Attractive piece.
135
Estimate: 100.000 EuroLippe.
Friedrich Adolf.
5 Ducats 1711, Detmold.
Only known piece.
Extremely fine-uncirculated.
184
Estimate: 50.000 EuroCity of Nuremberg.
10 Ducats 1630.
Extremely rare.
Extremely fine.
198
Estimate: 40.000 EuroCity of Regensburg.
6 Ducats, n. d. (1765-1790), with the title of Joseph II.
NGC MS 62 PL.
Extremely rare.
Attractive piece from polished dies.
Almost uncirculaed.
251
Estimate: 125.000 EuroHolstein-Gottorp.
Johann Adolf, 1590-1616.
Portugalöser (10 ducats) n.d., Eutin.
Extremely rare and of particular
significance in monetary history.
Attractive piece.
295
Estimate: 200.000 EuroRDR.
Leopold I, 1657-1705.
20 Ducats, n. d. (after 1666), Hall,
by M. König.
Extremely rare.
Almost extremely fine.
376
Estimate: 125.000 EuroArchbishopric of Salzburg.
20 Ducats 1687.
NGC AU 58.
Extremely rare.
Extremely fine.
423
Estimate: 40.000 EuroVienna.
Salvator medal in the weight of 24 Ducats,
n. d. (after 1843), by K. Lange.
NGC PF 61.
Extremely rare.
Proof.
431

Archive: People and Markets

Now available: Our CoinsWeekly Special Issue for the World Money Fair 2025

We usually publish our printed CoinsWeekly Special for the World Money Fair in German, as it is tailored to all the German visitors. This year, however, we decided to also offer an English version of the issue as a download for our international readers. We hope you enjoy reading it!

Faust Vrančić: The Croatian Leonardo

Croatia issues two new collector coins as part of its “Croatian Innovators” series. They are dedicated to Faust Vrančić, a Croatian polymath whose parachute design, published in his 1595 book “Machinae novae”, is the first appearance of this device in a printed work.

Questions and Answers for Coin Collectors Regarding the Death of Pope Francis

Following five different coin series since 2002, the Vatican is set to issue new euro coins this year. When the change to a new pope on the coins will take place, and how the Sede Vacante will be commemorated numismatically, remains unclear – as does the timing for the return of the Vatican’s coin issuing office for collectors.

The last time the coins were catalogued in a paper format in 1905. Image: University of Glasgow.

Collection of British Celtic Coins Accessible Online

A collection of Celtic British coins in the possession of The Hunterian Museum in Glasgow is now digitally catalogued and accessible worldwide, thanks to student volunteers from the University of Glasgow.

Archive: Coins, Medals and more

The Bending Willow Tree

On 29 January 2025, Künker is going to auction off a unique willow tree coin. The reverse of the 10-ducat piece depicts a willow tree in a storm. But what is the message that William V, the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel on whose behalf the coin was created, wanted to convey with this issue?

Royal Gold: England’s Five Guineas and the English Gold Currency

On 10 December 2024, Numismatica Genevensis will offer the most complete run of English Five Guineas ever sold at auction. The pieces are considered to be the most beautiful and the heaviest English circulation issues in gold. They were struck from 1668 to 1777, during the period when England replaced its bimetallism with the gold currency. Read on to find out more.
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