Hesse-Cassel 1629-TS goldgulden Fr-1250
This specimen was lot 25134 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $3,840. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hesse-Cassel. Goldgulden, 1629. Cassel Mint. Wilhelm V. PCGS AU-55. A fairly RARE and seldom encountered type, this barely handled example presents a raging personification of a tempest along with the tetragrammaton, the name for God spelled out in four letters in Hebrew. Overall, a great representation of an incredibly difficult coin. From the Augustana Collection." This type was struck 1628-34. Similar "God's wrath" goldgulden were struck as late as 1639 along with an extensive series of well-known thalers. After William V's death, coinage for this state lapsed back into somnolence.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-1250; KM-150.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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