KUENKER AUCTION SALE 418, PART THREE

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V27 2024 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 27, Number 52, December 29, 2024, Article 16

On 29 January 2025, Künker will kick off the numismatic year in Germany with a bang. 701 lots with a total estimate of 10 million euros will be auctioned in the context of the World Money Fair. But remember: from 2025, Künker's Berlin auction will no longer take place on the Thursday, but on the WEDNESDAY before the World Money Fair! -Garrett

No matter what field you are interested in, auction 418 features the very coin that could become a centerpiece of your collection. The offer ranges from Charlemagne to Elizabeth II of England. There are treasures from the German States, Europe, Asia and the United States of America, all of which have just two things in common: they are extremely rare and of above-average quality.

No. 204: German States / Hamburg. Portugalöser of 10 ducats n. d. (1578-1582). Very rare. About extremely fine. Estimate: 75,000 euros

No. 229: German States / Nuremberg. 6 ducats, 1698, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia. Very rare. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 100,000 euros

No. 233: German States / Paderborn. Hermann Werner von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht, 1683-1703. 6 ducats, 1694, Neuhaus. Extremely rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 125,000 euros

No. 351: HRE. Leopold I, 1657-1705. 10 ducats, 1690, Kremnica. Minted with the dies of the reichstaler. Probably the only specimen on the market. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 100,000 euros

No. 447: Carolingians. Charlemagne, 768-814. Denarius, Besançon. Extremely rare. Of great historical and numismatic importance. Extremely fine. Estimate: 30,000 euros

No. 458: France. Louis XV, 1715-1774. Pattern for the écu au bandeau, 1740, Paris. Very rare. NGC PF62 CAMEO. Proof. Estimate: 125,000 euros

No. 671: Switzerland. Basel. 10 ducats, 1741, minted with the dies of the half taler. Extremely rare. PCGS MS63PL. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 175,000 euros

No. 695: China. 1 dollar n.d. (1908), Tientsin. Very rare. NGC MS66 (Top Pop!). FDC. Estimate: 75,000 euros

Collectors of Russian coins will find an interesting selection of extremely rare pieces. There are 64 lots to choose from, ranging from issues of Peter the Great to that of Tsar Nicholas II. Many of the pieces are of particular historical interest, for example a "Trubetskoy ruble", created after the model of the 1825 Constantine ruble for the Russian consul in Marseille. Trubetskoy is said to have tried to sell these rubles as genuine Constantine rubles at the time. At least as exciting is a gold medal commemorating the landmark peace with Persia in 1828, which led to the establishment of an Armenian district under Russian rule. Thousands of Armenians from the Iranian and Ottoman Empires found a new home there.

No. 600: Russia. Peter I, 1682-1725. 1712 ducat, Moscow, Red Mint. Very rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 100,000 euros

No. 642: Russia. Constantine I, 1825. Trubetskoy ruble, silver medal n.d. (with engraved 1873 on the rim). Extremely rare. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 25,000 euros

No. 650: Russia. Nicholas I, 1825-1855. 1828 gold medal of 50 ducats by V. Alexeev commemorating the peace with Persia. Extremely rare. Extremely fine to FDC. Estimate: 75,000 euros

Please note that, unlike previous years, the auction will not take place on the Thursday before the World Money Fair, but on the Wednesday, 29 January 2025!

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