Hungary (1470)-N goldgulden Fr-22
This specimen was lot 2220 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,789 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"UNGARN, Matthias Corvinus, 1458-1490. Goldgulden o. J. (ab 1470), Nagybánya. Städtische Verwaltung. GOLD. Leicht gewellt, etwas Belag, sehr schön. Exemplar der Sammlung Münzen und Medaillen aus adeligem Privatbesitz. (kingdom of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus, 1458-90, undated goldgulden, circa 1470, Nagybánya mint under municipal administration. Slightly bent, some stains, very fine.)"
The ducats or florins or goldgulden of Hungary are among the more common gold coins of the late middle ages. This type was struck with multiple mintmarks and assayers' arms. We show here another goldgulden struck at Nagybánya with an arms obverse instead of the Madonna and Child shown here.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,52 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-22; Pohl K 12-1.
- 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, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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