CNG 100, Lot: 705. Estimate $750. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie (Kurfürstentum). Friedrich August II (August III von Polen). 1733-1763. AV Dukat (22mm, 3.49 g, 12h). Leipzig mint; Ernst Dietrich Croll, mintmaster. Dated 1754. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust right of Augustus III, wearing Order of the Golden Fleece / Crowned coat-of-arms within cartouche and palm frond to either side; E.D.C. below. KM 916; Friedberg 2855; Hutten-Czapski 2858. Choice EF, lustrous, some hairlines and light scratches.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Kölner Münzkabinett 39 (18 November 1985), lot 463.