Hildesheim 1528 5 goldgulden Fr-1310
This specimen was lot 3732 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,909 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"STADT 5 Goldgulden o. J. (vermutlich 1622-1630), auf die Vermehrung des Stadtwappens durch Karl V. im Jahre 1528. Münzmeister Matthias Weber. GOLD. R Henkelspur, leichte Bearbeitungsspuren, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Hildesheim. undated five gulden, on receiving the city arms from Charles V in 1528. Scarce, mount mark, lightly tooled, very fine.)"
This type, either a five ducats or a five gold gulden (the low weight suggests the latter), was struck to honor the grant of the city arms to the town by emperor Charles V in 1528. It was struck much later, perhaps on the centennial of the event in 1628.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 17.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 15,17 g.
Catalog reference: Buck/Bahrf. 580; Fr-1310.
- 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.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015
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