Deventer 1488 goldgulden Fr-20
This specimen was lot 722 in Schulman sale 347 (Amsterdam, April 2015), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,574 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, ""lebuinusgoudgulden. 1488. heilige lebuinus op gotische troon achter stadswapen ★ mot★ ‘ DE ★ daV – entRia 88 ★ – ★. Kz. ✥ FREDRIC ‘★ ROMANORV ‘★ impeR '. RRR. Zeer fraai. uit veiling Schulman 327 van 25 apr. 2007, no. 105. dit is de allereerste en oudste gedateerde gouden munt van de stad. deventer verwierf pas in 1486 het recht om gouden munten te mogen slaan." This rare and enigmatic gold gulden was issued by the city of Deventer in the late fifteenth century as the Netherlands were falling under Hapsburg control. Deventer issued coins until the late seventeenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.19 g.
Catalog reference: Delm-1079 suppl.; fd. 36b; Levinson iii, 178, Fr-20.
- [1]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 347, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2015.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- 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.
- 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.
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