CNG 87, Lot: 2146. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Hamburg (Hansestadt). AV Medal – ‘Doppeldukaten’ (25mm, 6.95 g, 3h). Satirization on the Corruption of the Imperial Commission. By C. Wermuth. Struck 1708. (rosette) KOMSTU MIR ALSO (rosette) (you scratch my back), extended right hand offering a coin / SO KOMME ICH DIR SO (rosette) (and I’ll scratch yours), imperial official covering face with hand, but peering through fingers. Forrer VI, p. 438 (this type illustrated); cf. Fieweger 343 (silver). EF, toned, a few light marks in the field. Rare in gold.

Ex Künker 155 (24 June 2009), lot 3843.