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Auction: 21007 - British and World Coins Autumn Auction
Lot: 229

Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand III, Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1621-1657), 10-Ducats, 1640, Prague, Jakob Wernhard Wolker, FERDIN • III • D • G • R • IMPERATOR • S • A •, bare head right, wearing fallen lace collar and chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece, rev. GER • HVN • BOHE | MIÆ • REX • A : 1640 Bohemia Coat of Arms set atop crowned double-headed eagle, Chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece around, Mintmaster's mark: hand and star in bracket below, 34.63g, 2h (Dietiker 835; Fb. 213; KM 420; Halacka 1148), lightly cleaned, superficially marked and with slight peripheral softness, otherwise a sharp rendering, struck from Thaler dies, handsomely bold and extremely sought after as a pinnacle of 17th Century Medallic-quality, very rare

provenance
The Baron de Dinan Collection
Purchased Schulman, October 1959, lot 189 - CHF3,800

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Estimate
£40,000 to £60,000

Starting price
£35000