Denmark 1604 goldgulden

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1019

This specimen was lot 1019 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €9,600 (about US$10,639 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Extremely Rare "Hungarian" Ducat with Rich Golden Color, DENMARK. Goldgulden (Ungersk Gylden), 1604. Christian IV. NGC AU-53. Mintmaster: Nicolaus Schwabe. An EXTREMELY RARE type, these "Hungarian" Guldens continued to be struck as "Ducats" until 1802 with the same weight and fineness. Somewhat unevenly struck but with a rich golden toning and only limited signs of actual handling."

Christian IV (r. 1588-1648) had a long but not particularly successful reign. His war with Sweden and his intervention in the Thirty Years War were costly and brought little gain.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.44 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-Unlisted; KM-Unlisted; Hede-14; Sieg-137.2; Schou 12; Bruun-4673.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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.
Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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