Cologne (1463-64) goldgulden Fr-798
This specimen was lot 33849 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "German States: Cologne. Archbishop Ruprecht (1463-1480) gold Goldgulden ND (1463-1464) AU Details (Mount Removed) NGC, Riel mint. First Period. *ROBЄRT' * Є | LЄC' * ЄCL CO', half figure of St. Peter, mantled and nimbate, facing, gospels in left hand, keys in right; shield below / MOn | nOVΛ | ΛVRЄ | ΛRIL, long cross over shield. A covetable example from this earliest period of Ruprecht's coinage, bordering on very rare at this AU level, with bold die polish still visible in the fields. The mount removal appears at 3 o'clock, but is rather well done and hardly distracting. From the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection." The archbishop of Cologne was one of the most prolific issuers of gold coins in the late middle ages but output declined drastically after the Reformation.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 3.18 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-798, Noss-403a/a var (no marks of contraction or stops on reverse).
- 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.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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