Hamburg 1600 goldgulden Fr-1094
This specimen was lot 1912 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,845 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HAMBURG, STADT, Goldgulden 1600, mit Titel Rudolfs II. Münzmeister Claus Flegel. Die Jahreszahl steht am Ende der Rückseitenumschrift. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön. Erworben 1936 bei der Firma Julius Jenke, München. (Germany, city of Hamburg, goldgulden of 1600, struck in the name of Rudolf II, with the date at the end of the reverse legend. Extremely rare, very fine. Bought from Julius Jenke in 1936.)"
This type is noted for 1581-89, 1600, 1603, 1608 and 1611.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3,18 g.
Catalog reference: KM 18, Fr-1094; Gaed. -; Slg. Vogel (Auktion Künker 221) 8453.
- 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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