Halberstadt (1614) goldgulden Fr-1074
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This specimen was lot 97 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$7,751 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Halberstadt, BISTUM Domkapitel. Goldgulden o. J. (um 1614). GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön. (bishopric of Halberstadt, undated goldgulden, very rare, very fine.)"
The SCWC does not mention undated specimens of this type, which is also known for 1615-17.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.24 g.
Catalog reference: Besser/Brämer/Bürger 45.32; Fr-1074, KM 8.
- 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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