Bern 1493 guldiner Dav-8721
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This specimen was lot 4836 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,231 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ, BERN, Stadt. Guldiner 1493. RR Rand und Felder bearbeitet, altvergoldet, schön-sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, guldiner of 1493. Very rare, tooling in fields and on the edge, old gilding, fine to very fine.)"
Davenport notes this type for 1493-94 and 1501.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.28 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8721; HMZ 2-162 b; Levinson V-15.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- Levinson, Robert, The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500: An Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to dated medieval coinage. Clifton, NJ: Coin & Currency Institute, 2007.
- Richter, Jürg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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