Fugger-Babenhausen (1619-29) goldgulden Fr-1037
This specimen was lot 573 in Künker Auction 424 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €8,500 (about US$12,036 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · FUGGER-BABENHAUSEN-WELLENBURG, GRAFSCHAFT Maximilian II., 1598-1629. Goldgulden o. J., mit Titel Ferdinands II. Verziertes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Fugger, Kirchberg in Schwaben / Weissenhorn, Fugger)//Fliegender Adler mit Zepter und Schwert in den Fängen, auf dem Rücken Reichsapfel, darüber Krone. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Winz. Zainende, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Sammlung Eberhard Link, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 324, Osnabrück 2019, Nr. 3832; zuvor erworben am 19. Dezember 1959 von Brobeck. (Germany, county of Fugger-Babenhausen-Wellenburg, Maximilian II, 1598-1629, undated goldgulden, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. Obverse: ornate quartered arms; reverse: flying eagle with sword and scepter in its claws, supporting an orb and a crown. Extremely rare, minor clip, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The SCWC lists this under Fugger-Babenhausen, not Fugger-Babenhausen-Wellenburg. The Fuggers, a family of merchants who financed the Hapsburgs, controlled both Babenhausen and Wellenburg. At the time of the German mediatization by Napoleon in 1806, the estate was divided into Prince of Fugger-Babenhausen, the Count of Fugger-Glött, Count of Fugger-Kirchberg-Weissenhorn, Count of Fugger-Kirchheim and Count of Fugger-Nordendorf. The territory was partitioned between Wurttemberg and Bavaria. This coin, listed as a ducat in the SCWC, refers to Ferdinand II as emperor, a title he obtained in 1619.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold; this specimen 3,17 g.
Catalog reference: KM 18 (as a ducat), Fr-1037; Kull 95.
- 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.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 424: Münster, Osnabrück, and the Peace of Westphalia | The Fuggers, Leuchtenberg, and Passau | The Collection of a German Manufacturer and History Enthusiast, Part 3, e.g., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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