Bavaria 1702 gold gulden Fr-219
This specimen was lot 34684 in Heritage sale 3094 (Chicago, August 2021), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "German States: Bavaria. Maximilian II Emanuel gold Goldgulden 1702 MS64 NGC, Fully struck-up on a small, honeyed-gold flan and rendered with striking portraiture that lends well to the prominent mint brilliance circulating this near-Gem Mint State offering. From the Long Island Collection." This type of 1698-1704 and 1715 is scarce. It is listed in Friedberg as a max d'or, a term used in the SCWC for a coin weighing 6.65 g, 0.900 fine gold and issued after 1715. There was also the carolin d'or (Fr-229), issued after 1726, which weighed 9.7 g, .770 fine gold. None of these coins were for the peasants.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.903 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 350, Fr-219, Hahn-200.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ANA WFOM World & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Signature Auction #3094, featuring the Cape Coral Collection, the WTR Collection and the Monaco Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.
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