Denmark 1628 goldgulden Fr-43

Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection, lot 1037

This specimen was lot 1037 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €14,400 (about US$15,958 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Beautiful Mint State Example of an Extremely Rare Date, DENMARK. Goldgulden (Rhinsk Gulden), 1628. Copenhagen Mint; Privy Mark: Clover. Christian IV. NGC MS-62. Mintmaster: Nicolaus Schwabe. An EXTREMELY RARE date, this entrancing Mint State example delivers bright luster with no signs of handling or drawdown. The strike is good, with only limited weakness, and no immediately displeasing areas. A tremendous example of this seldom seen date, and one that has nice beauty that matches the overall appeal."

This type was struck 1625-28 and 1632 to pay troops. 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, 0.760 fine gold, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 3.18 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-43; KM-108; Hede-29; Sieg-136.1; Schou-8; Bruun-5544.

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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