Kaufbeuren (1545-48) gold crown Fr-1420
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This specimen was lot 1938 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,340 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"KAUFBEUREN, STADT, Goldkrone o. J. (1545/1548), mit Titel Karls V. GOLD. Min. gewellt, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Kaufbeuren, undated gold crown, struck in the name of Charles V. Slightly wavy, about extremely fine.)"
The city of Kaufbeuren, near Augsburg, issued a short series of gold coins in the sixteenth century (Fr-1417 thru -1420), all rare. This one is probably the most available.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3,21 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1420; Nau 58.
- 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, 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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