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Sale 108
NY International Coin Auction January 8-10, 2019
| August II, "the Strong" / August II Mocny (1697-1706, 1709-1733) |
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Lot 1241 |
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Election 2 Ducat/Dwudukat koronacyjny 1697, 6.88g. Drezno/Dresden. On Friedrich August's election and coronation as August II, King of Poland. Laureate bust right; FRID.AVG.DG.REX.POL.ELECT.SAX. Rev. Large crown, date below; HANC DEVS IPSE DEDIT. (Kahnt 254, Fr.2828). Authenticated and graded by NGC AU Details, obv. scratched. Hairline scratch obverse. About Uncirculated. Estimate Value $2,500 - UP
Ex Larry Adams Collection, Part I, CNG Sale 100, October 7, 2015, lot 697.
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$6,300 |
Lot 1242 |
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Coronation Ducat/Dukat koronacyjny 1697, 3.46g. Drezno/Dresden. Johann Koch, mintmaster. On Friedrich August's election and coronation as August II, King of Poland. Armored arm emerging from a cloud, holding a Polish saber, mintmaster's initials below; PRO REGNO. Rev. D.G./AUGUSTUS.II./CORON.IN.REG. /POLON.&.M.D.L./15 .SEPT./1697. crown with crossed and ribbon-tied palm fronds above (Fr.2830). Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 63. Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP
Ex Larry Adams Collection, Part I, CNG Sale 100, October 7, 2015, lot 696.
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$3,000 |
Lot 1243 |
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Vicariat Ducat/Dukat wikariacki, 1711, 3.44g. Drezno/Dresden. The Elector clad in armor, holding a scepter, on horseback right, oval Saxon-Polish Arms below / Two tables side by side, on left bearing the royal mantle, crown, scepter and orb, on right, the Elector's coat, crown and sword, legend above and below (Kop.11112 - R3, Fr.2822, Hcz 6667). Slightly wavy flan with small flan flaw, light tooling. Lustrous. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP
Ex Larry Adams Collection, Part I, CNG Sale 100, October 7, 2015, lot 698.
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$1,740 |
Lot 1244 |
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Marriage Ducat/Dukat zaslubinowy, 1719, 3.46g. Drezno/Dresden. Johann Georg Schomberg, mintmaster. On the Marriage of the Electoral Prince to Maria Josepha, Archduchess of Austria. Latin legend in nine lines with mintmaster's initials below. Rev. Two flaming hearts tied together with string, the ends of which held on each side by a hand; INDISSOLVBILITER (Kop.11126 - R3, Kam.636, Fr.2842, Kahnt 308). Authenticated and graded by NGC AU 53. About Uncirculated. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP
Ex Larry Adams Collection, Part I, CNG Sale 100, October 7, 2015, lot 700;
Ex Kölner Münzkabinett Sale 39, November 18, 1985, lot 452.
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$2,220 |
Lot 1245 |
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Commemorative 2 Groschen/Dwugrosz 1727. Drezno/Dresden. On the Death of the Electress Christiane Eberhardine v. Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Poplar, stacks of hearts either side, TOT-CORDA, QVOT FOLIA; LVGENT in ex. Rev. Eleven-line memorial legend (Kop.11128 - R3, Gum.2124, Kam.636). Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $250 - UP
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Lot 1246 |
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Vicariat Ducat/Dukat Wikariat, 1741, 3.48g. Drezno/Dresden. The Elector, wearing the Cross of the White Eagle, and holding a sword, on horseback right. Rev. Throne facing on a four-step dais, on which rests the royal mantle, crown, orb and scepter, all beneath an ornate canopy; IN PROVINCIIS IUR SAXON.PROVISOR ET VICARIUS 1741 (Kop.11540 - R3, Kam.1523, Fr.2865, Hcz 4687). Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 61. Choice Uncirculated. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP
Ex Larry Adams Collection, Part I, CNG Sale 100, October 7, 2015, lot 702;
Ex James F. Morton Collection, RARCOA, March 23, 1979, lot 145.
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$2,400 |
Lot 1247 |
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Vicariat Ducat/Dukat Wikariat, 1745, 3.49g. Drezno/Dresden. Commemorating the Proclamation of August III as Vicar of the Empire for the second time. The Elector, wearing the Cross of the White Eagle, and holding a sword, on horseback right. Rev. Crowned eagle, Saxon-Polish Arms on its breast, holding a sword in its talon; DECUS ET PRÆSIDIUM above, PROVISOR IMPERII / ITERUM / MDCCXLV. in ex (Fr.2867, Hcz 6676). Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 62+. Choice brilliant Uncirculated. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP
Ex Larry Adams Collection, Part I, CNG Sale 100, October 7, 2015, lot 703;
Ex Kölner Münzkabinett Sale 39, November 18, 1985, lot 456.
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$3,000 |
Lot 1248 |
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Taler/Talar koronny, 1754 ED.C. Lipsk/Leipzig. Crowned, draped and armored bust right, showing open shoulder sleeve. Rev. Crowned Arms in spray (Kop. 2134 - R1, Dav.1617). Authenticated and graded by NGC XF 40. Light slate gray. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $750 - UP
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$930 |
Lot 1249 |
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Marriage 2/3 Taler/ 2/3 Talar zaslubinowy, 1747. Drezno/Dresden. On the Marriage of Maria Josepha of Saxe-Wettin to Louis, Dauphin de France. Eight-line legend. Rev. Flaming basin adorned with the Arms of the couple; AMOR MUTUUS above. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 62. Pale violet gray. Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimate Value $500 - UP
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$960 |
Lot 1250 |
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Kajetan Soltyk, Bishop of Kraków and Duke of Siewierz (1759-1782), formerly Bishop of Kiev (1756-1759). Private Gold Ducat, 1762, 3.01g. 20.7mm. Kraków. Capped bishop's bust left clad in ecclesiastical robes; CAL.SOLTYK EPI: CRAC: DUX SEVERIAE. Rev. MONETA AUREA DUCATVS SEVERIAE A.1762 in five lines within wreath (Kop.6506 - R8, Hcz 9947 - R8, Fr.54 - plate coin). Excessively rare. Slightly wavy flan. Good Very Fine. Estimate Value $20,000 - UP
Ex Henry V. Karolkiewicz Collection, CNG, Triton IV, December 2000, lot 2433,
Ex "The Alicia and Sid Belzeberg Collection," Stack's, Rosemount, IL, April 24, 2008, lot 1047.
During the reign of August III, Kajetan Ignacy Soltyk (1715-1788), scion of the prominent Saltykov family of Russia, became one of the most important politicians at the royal court. Initially tied to the defacto ruler of Poland Count Heinrich v. Brühl, Soltyk, in the 1760's, because of various conflicts, distanced himself from the Saxon-Polish statesman. After the death of August III, Soltyk opposed the election of Stanislaw August Poniatowski and went on to work with pro-Russian factions to dethrone him. But in the shifting landscape of political alliances, Soltyk eventually became an opponent of the Russian ambassador and provocateur Nicholas Repnin.
As a result of his vocal opposition to the Repnin Sejm of 1767-1768, Solytk was imprisoned in Kaluga. He returned from imprisonment in 1781. His increasingly erratic behavior allowed his opponents to declare him insane and Soltyk was unable to reclaim his Bishopric.
Under the Bishops of Kraków, the Silesian town of Siewierz had its own laws, treasury and army, but apparently never exercised any mint rights. Twelve years after Bishop Soltyk's death, his nephew Michal Soltyk had the engraver Szapacha Wappenstein strike private coins for Siewierz - a silver Grosz dated 1761 and a gold Ducat dated 1762, along with some Ducats in silver. Count Hutten-Czapski speculated that he did this in order to preserve related mint rights that were granted in 1232 but never utilized.
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$24,000 |
Lot 1251 |
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2/3 Taler/ 2/3 Talara, 1768 ED.C, 13.9g. Lipsk/Leipzig. Cuirassed and peruked bust right. Rev. Crowned Arms, fractional value below (Kop.11589 - R2, KM 973). Light friction hairlines. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $300 - UP
When his older brother the Elector Friedrich Christian died on December 17, 1763 (after a reign of only 74 days), Xavier took over the regency of the electorate together with his sister-in-law, the Dowager Electress Maria Antonia of Bavaria on behalf of his young nephew, the new Elector Friedrich August III. In October 1765, acting in the name of his nephew, Xavier formally renounced the Polish crown in favor of Stanislaus Poniatowski as required by the April 11, 1764 Treaty between Prussia and Russia. Xavier's regency ended in 1768 on Friedrich August's 18th birthday when the latter was formally proclaimed an adult.
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$312 |
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